Category Archives: Eldercare

Don’t lose the family in the headlines about the State of the Union

By Ellen Galinsky | Published: January 27, 2010
Cross-posted from Huffington Post: In listening to the political commentators prepare for the State of the Union Address tonight, most of them are telling the President that he must reframe the discussion, have courage, and focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. I think that the President is doing something quite courageous that SADLY may be missed in the [...]
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Preparing for Elder Care Responsibilities

By Morra | Published: December 3, 2009
In her Fast Company blog, Cali Yost asks readers, “Is future adult care on your radar screen?  If it is, how are you preparing?  If it’s not, why?” Cali mentions her cousin’s elder care costs, at $800 per week a good deal pricier than most child care, which already stretches many families to the max. FWI [...]
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What does it mean to provide for your family?

By Morra | Published: November 19, 2009
Two stories, on the flip side of parenting, each moving and sad and familiar to all too many: 21-year old Alexis Hutchinson is the parent of a 10 month old boy. She is a single parent. She is a cook in the Army, and she had orders to deploy to Afghanistan on Nov. 5, but she [...]
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Twittercast tonight on society’s caregivers

By Morra | Published: July 13, 2009
What is the true cost of taking time out of work to care for loved ones? What are the roles of employers, public policy-makers and caregivers themselves as more and more working Americans become caregivers for older parents and young children? Tonight at 10pm eastern the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA), the Christopher and Dana [...]
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