caregivers

Nearly 75% of Americans with disabilities live with a family caregiver, many of them age 60 or older. Updating your care plan now, experts say, can help make sure everyone thrives.

For husbands and wives across Florida, Alzheimer's disease tests their vows. Can they do the hard things?

Caregivers can use puzzles, blankets, comfort food and other tools to help distract their loved one with dementia from the often chaotic environment that comes with sheltering from a hurricane.

It can be hard for people with dementia and caregivers to enjoy life’s simple pleasures, like eating out. Some businesses are already making a difference, offering a controlled environment and specially trained staff.

Many residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities suffered from COVID outbreaks and isolation. Some people are opting to take care of their loved ones at home instead.

More than 2 million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill veteran. Many help with care and face challenges like stress, anxiety, and social isolation.

A post-merger computer meltdown resulted in families not being able to pay for nursing care and other home health services for nearly three months.

AARP says a new study demonstrates the need to support family caregivers. The organization is pushing Congress to pass legislation that would provide a tax credit up to $5,000 for eligible caregivers.

A new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.

Tens of thousands of middle-aged sons and daughters — too young to qualify for a COVID vaccine — care for older relatives with serious ailments and want to get the shots to protect their loved ones and themselves.