Many Americans who serve as caregivers are consumed by the immense cost of tending to ailing or aging family members. And as the baby boomer generation ages, more Americans are in for a rude awakening as to just how expensive caring for older adults has become. The price of nursing home care increased by an average of 2.4…
In this Viewpoint, author Jerry Gurwitz discusses the attrition of geriatric medicine as a profession, attributing it in part to societal attitudes about aging
Under a new Medicare pilot program, the federal government will pay clinicians to coordinate at-home dementia support services, including respite care for family members.
A voluntary nationwide program starting next year aims to improve care for the more than 6.7 million Americans living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.
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