Caring for the Caregiver.

Autor: Crute, Sheree
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Zdroj: AARP: The Magazine; Nov/Dec2007, Vol. 50 Issue 6A, p63-69, 6p
Abstrakt: The article discusses the lives of family caregivers in the U.S. and describes ways to help them. Caregivers are at risk for mental and physical illnesses because of their exhaustion, stress and self-neglect, especially caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients. Some ways of helping them include obtaining professional or social work support for them, preparing Medicare or legal documents and preventing family fights.
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