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National Family Caregiving Month: Finding Your Caregiving Community

For National Family Caregiving Month, we’re sharing resources to help caregivers connect to support and fellowship in their community and online. Continue reading

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Answered Questions for November 2024: National Epilepsy Awareness Month

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I recently graduated with my masters in social work and, during my studies, I learned that November is National … Continue reading

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National Family Caregiving Month: A Quick Look at New Research and Resources in Family Support

We’re introducing some of the newest NIDILRR-funded projects focusing on family supports and developing resources to help caregivers care for themselves and their loved ones. Continue reading

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NIDILRR-Funded Consumer Products: Family Caregivers

November is National Family Caregivers Month, which recognizes the love and sacrifice of more than 50 million Americans providing crucial care and medical assistance to parents, children, siblings, and other loved ones with or without disabilities, ensuring their health and … Continue reading

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National Family Caregiver Month – A Quick Look at Research Supporting Families on their Caregiving Journey

More than 50 million family caregivers in the US are supporting loved ones with disabilities. We explore some of the latest research to support them on their caregiving journey. Continue reading

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Family Caregiver Grief: Transitioning back into life after the loss of your loved one/care receiver

In a previous blog post on family caregiver grief, we discussed coping with the loss of your loved one and/or care receiver. Moving through the grief process, it is common for family caregivers to feel adrift as they try to … Continue reading

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Family Caregiver Grief: Coping with the loss of your loved one/care receiver

According to the National Alliance for Caregiving, about 43.5 million caregivers provide unpaid care to an adult or child in the US every year. Being a primary caregiver to a family member or spouse can be extremely time consuming, and … Continue reading

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Taking Care of the Caregivers

In honor of National Family Caregiver Month we take a quick look at some of the current research in caregiving happening in the NIDILRR grantee community and resources for family caregivers to tap into for support. Continue reading

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Quick Looks: Research Supporting Family Caregivers

For National Family Caregivers Month, we take a quick look at some of the NIDILRR-funded research and development projects and other Federal programs supporting caregivers Continue reading

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For Valentine’s Day, It’s All About Relationships

This Valentine’s Day, we look at research and resources to foster strong, supportive relationships between friends, couples, and families. Continue reading

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