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Understanding Alzheimer's: Insights from a Caregiver's Heart

Submitted by Jodi on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:41

Alzheimer's disease devastated our family when my mom, at just 67, was diagnosed in 2010 and passed away two years later. Living through her journey opened my eyes in ways I could never have anticipated. Through this post, I hope to share those insights, supported by the innovative Alzheimer's Module from Embodied Labs, which gave me a deeper understanding of what it might have felt like for her.

Community Care Corps Helps Caregiving Organizations with New Resources

Submitted by Jodi on Mon, 04/22/2024 - 08:32

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2024

Community Care Corps Helps Caregiving Organizations with New Resources: As the older adult population grows, so does the need for support services

Caregiving in Context: Feud--Capote vs. the Swans

Submitted by Jodi on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:21

By: Chance Browning, Director of Partnerships

Mi experiencia como hermana y cuidadora de gemelas que viven con una enfermedad del neurodesarrollo

Submitted by Jodi on Thu, 04/04/2024 - 16:29

--Paulina Polanco

My Sibling Experience as a Caregiver of Twin Sisters Living with a Neurodevelopmental Disease

Submitted by Jodi on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 08:54

By Paulina Polanco

CAN’s New Partnership to Further Engage Providers and Clinicians

Submitted by Jodi on Wed, 03/20/2024 - 12:15

Caregiver Action Network is proud to announce a dynamic new partnership with Psych Congress. This partnership will not only bring family caregivers’ voices to the table and elevate them to providers and clinicians, but will help to fulfill CAN’s mission of promoting resourcefulness and respect for the more than 90 million family caregivers across the country.

CAN Comment on the President's Executive Order for Increased Women's Health Research

Submitted by Jodi on Tue, 03/19/2024 - 14:27

CAN would like to commend President Biden for his Executive Order to promote federal funding for women’s health research—with a focus on diseases and conditions that disproportionately affect women. One of the areas for increased research is women’s health after menopause and the diseases that are more prevalent in women in mid-life such as heart disease and osteoporosis.