Successful support groups for African American caregivers

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The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association offers a constellation of programs and services to help individuals with dementia and their families including large number of African Americans. One of such services are the support groups which offer caregivers the opportunity to be educated about Alzheimer's and changes that will occur as a result of the disease.

Services information, Home health care services, Home Health Care, Services, Education, Wellness programs, Home care services, Alzheimer's Association, Home care services industry

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Family caregivers on the job: moving beyond ADLs and IADLs

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Family caregivers of the twenty-first century face different challenges from their counterparts of the mid-twentieth century. Research, practice and policy would help them meet these challenges and refinements and supplements to ADL/IADL measures would be an important step in that direction.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Methods, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Problem solving, Self-help techniques, Self help techniques

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The state of the art of caregiver assessment

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Assessment on a new perspective, family caregiver, is focused. Commonalities, differences and neglected areas in existing caregiver assessment tools are explored and the implications for practice are suggested.

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