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The Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) provides help to caregivers through the Caregiver Support Program.

Officials say they are working on creating an official bill to give grandparents the same resources as foster parents when caring for children.

When Greg returned home from three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD and serious physical injuries, he had nowhere to turn.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will open eligibility for one of its caregiver programs to veterans starting Saturday.

Starting Saturday, caregivers of veterans from all eras who were injured or severely disabled in the line of duty can apply for support benefits.

Spouses stepping in the gap between VA Caregiver Program purges and the services their veterans need are taking the agency to the courtroom of public

Caregivers tired of continued lip service from Secretary Denis McDonough issued the "Remy Challenge" to call out the agency for current practices.

Background: For caregivers of people with heart failure, addressing a range of care recipient needs at home can potentially be burdensome, but caregivers may also gain meaning from caregiving. The Caregiver Support Program, a multicomponent strengths-based intervention, is designed to improve outcomes of heart failure caregivers. Objectives: 1) Test the feasibility and gauge an initial effect size of the Caregiver Support Program to improve caregiver quality of life (primary outcome), and fatigu...

The free program is grounded in Indigenous perspectives

The free program is grounded in Indigenous perspectives