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  • The Lessons From A Little Bird and The Need for Family Caregiver Support

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    We understand that caregiver stress and burden are real. If you are a family caregiver, you live under constant pressure. You deal with enormous amounts of stress everyday: caregiving issues, work issues, relationships, finances,dealing with medical and...

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    Link to Apply for Hilarity for Charity Caregiver Relief for Dementia Caregivers

    Hilarity for Charity was created by Seth Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen to raise awareness about the struggles that family caregivers go through with Alzheimer’s Dementia in the US and Canada. Lauren Miller Rogen has a...

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    Need Affordable and Available Respite Care Services? Share Here

    Need Affordable and Available Respite Care Services? I know that you do. As part of our ongoing journey to get Caregiver Relief on the agenda for policy changes,  we want to collect as many stories on specific topics...

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     Sonia Minors, of Hanahan,South Carolina, writes asking about respite care and caregiver support. I care for my 87 yr old mother who suffers Alzheimer’s disease and severe osteoporosis. She fell and fractured a hip Christmas morning of...

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