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Transportation: A Key Component of Respite Care for Family Caregivers
Comments OffNearly 7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disease that affects memory, thinking and behavior. As Alzheimer’s progresses, caregiving demands increase significantly. Over time, the abilities of the person living with Alzheimer’s will change, and functioning independently and driving becomes more difficult. Ultimately, caregivers will have to take on greater responsibility, resulting in the complete support of basic activities of daily living like bathing, dressing and eating.
NADTC’s Focus on Family Caregiving and Transportation
Comments OffThere are 53 million caregivers in the United States who are providing, on average, 24 hours a week of support for their loved ones[1]. NADTC’s most recent online course focused on the important role caregivers have in managing transportation, including the indirect impacts that transportation, or lack thereof, can have on caregivers and the importance…