by James Fuccione | Nov 7, 2017 | News and Updates
“Caregiving Around the Clock” is the theme announced by the Caregiver Action Network for National Family Caregiving Month through November 2017. The Caregiving Month webpage includes plenty of ways for organizations and providers to celebrate and raise...
by James Fuccione | Apr 4, 2017 | News and Updates
The following is a guest blog post from Ellen DiPaola, Esq., President and CEO of Honoring Choices Massachusetts. This year, Honoring Choices Massachusetts is so pleased to join forces with The Conversation Project and The Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jan 12, 2016
The “Tips for Caregivers” section of CDC’s Health Literacy website has a list of resources for caregivers who serve older adults. For example, the Palliative Care Communication Institute created “A Communication Guide for Caregivers” to help families talk about cancer...
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jul 16, 2015
Part of the Valuing the Invaluable series on the economic value of family caregiving, this report updates national and individual state estimates of the economic value of family caregiving using the most current data available. Source: AARP
by MA Healthy Aging Collaborative | Jul 16, 2015 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
Cross-posted from HealthAffairsBlog By Anand Parekh, MD, MPH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Robert Schreiber, MD, Hebrew SeniorLife As our health care system transforms more quickly than ever from paying for volume to paying for value, providers...