Families often have chief medical officers – and they're almost always women
Apr 17, 2024
Women make the vast majority of medical decisions for a family, often at the expense of their own health. It doesn't have to be this way, experts say.
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The health connection between cardiac arrest survivors and their loved ones
Apr 5, 2024
Loved ones may be linked by the trauma of a cardiac arrest and CPR, but their paths toward healing may differ.
Paging friends and family: Caregivers crucial to in-hospital cardiac arrest survivors
Sep 6, 2023
For survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest, friends and family members play an important, but challenging, caretaking role following hospital discharge, new research shows.
Caregiving a concern as Hispanic community in U.S. ages faster
Aug 31, 2023
Latino people, while younger than the rest of the U.S. population, are aging at a faster rate. Experts say language and structural barriers may make it more difficult to get the support they will need.
'Grief is not on anyone else's timeline': The varied experiences of coping with loss
May 9, 2023
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people die from heart disease and stroke. Their loved ones must find ways to cope with the loss.
Older LGBTQ adults face unique challenges in giving and receiving care
Jan 25, 2023
As people age, they typically turn to adult children and other family for support. LGBTQ older adults are less likely to have that support and more likely to care for each other.
The risks and rewards of caregiving for loved ones with dementia
Dec 14, 2021
The vast majority of people with dementia are cared for at home by loved ones. Studies show caregiving places them at higher risk for health problems of their own, but the work also can be rewarding.
A growing phenomenon, youth caregivers need recognition, support
Nov 3, 2021
Millions of young people nationwide provide care for a family member, a situation exacerbated by the rise in single-parent households resulting in part from the opioid crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. The physical and mental effects are far-reaching.
A stroke at 34 rocked her family's world
May 18, 2021
After his wife had a debilitating stroke at 34, Jacob Anderson did all he could to help his wife return home.
Stroke affects the whole family, and here's how to help keep it together
May 17, 2021
A one-day-at-a-time approach to stroke recovery can help families stay connected. A neurologist and a caregiver offer advice.