Caregivers
Using adult day care can reduce stress for family members
Caring for an elderly family member can be stressful and can pose health threats to caregiver givers. Steven Zarit, professor and head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, received a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the effects of caregiving on familial caregivers. He will look at [...]
Read MorePosted on 12th October 2009No Comments
True care provided by Cedar Ridge
I would like to tell you and your readers about my mother and her “home away from home.” My mother lives with Alzheimer’s disease. I used to say she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, but really, she is not suffering — she is living. She resides at Cedar Ridge Elder Services in Schofield, where she feels [...]
Read MorePosted on 5th July 2009No Comments