Author / Monica Delles
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Cultural Competency – The Caregiver Connection
Cultural Competency – The Caregiver Connection Healthcare that is respectful and ethical must also be culturally competent. This article reviews tools provided to caregivers by the University of Michigan Health Care System’s Program for Multicultural Health throughout its many services.
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Caregiver Access to Resources
Caregiver Access to Resources Helping Caregivers’ Self-Identify The reluctance of spouses and family members to identify themselves as caregivers is an obstacle to providing services to them. Caren Rugg describes an outreach program that is overcoming this barrier.
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Supporting Persons with Developmental Disabilities – A New Model
Supporting Persons with Developmental Disability The way we think about and care for people with developmental disability has changed – from society believing that caregivers always knew what was best to now people with disability participating in all aspects of community life.
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Saying Goodbye – The Terri Schiavo Case
We struggled to say “Goodbye. We love you, Terri.”
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The Case of the Careless Caregiver
Has caregiving gone wrong in this case?
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Elder Abuse
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
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Honoring Caregivers – A National Initiative
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
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Booming Past 65: Aging in Kansas City
A new study projects the number of residents 65 and older in metro Kansas City to double by the year 2030.
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Aging in Community with Help at Home
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
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Clay County Senior Services Grant to KC4 Aging in Community
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
