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More than 62,000 people are employed as caregivers and support staff in communities across New Mexico. We are the front-line workers addressing the long-term care needs of elderly and disabled ...

Having just finished National Family Caregivers Month, we’re reminded that honoring the families who care for our nation’s veterans and service members must include their children and siblings. In ...

Millennials comprise more than a quarter of the more than 40 million Americans who identify as caregivers. In fact, the average caregiver age is down from 53 (2010) to 47 (2018), and many of these ...

Caring for a loved one can be a deeply rewarding experience, but it can also be physically and emotionally taxing. As a caretaker, you are not only responsible for meeting the practical needs of your ...

Those caring for loved ones with cancer are “at risk for becoming overwhelmed or becoming so burdened to the point of exhaustion or being sick themselves,” one expert says. Growing up, Robyn Fine and ...

New Caring Across States data released Thursday by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the AARP finds that 28 percent of adults in Idaho — approximately 418,000 people — are family caregivers, ...

Some 7.3 million caregivers between the ages of 19 and 64 receive Medicaid coverage for their own health insurance, according to a recent AARP report. But these caregivers may need to rethink their ...

Caregiving comes in many forms. Parents do it for their children. Adults do it for their aging parents. Spouses do it when their partner is injured or faces unexpected illness. Anyone can be a ...

John Coulon at Rest Stop Ranch in Topsfield, Mass., a garden retreat for caregivers and their loved ones. Coulon is a board member and volunteer gardener. When Mary MacDonald’s mother, Margaret, was ...