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The COVID-19 public health crisis has driven care back to the home. As such, Indiana state officials have recognized the need to expand access to services and supports for individuals caring for a family member or friend at home.
There is clear evidence of the value that family caregivers can bring to achieving improved health outcomes for their loved ones when family members are integrated with professional care teams. (For more on this, read the first post in our series.) Nonetheless, many healthcare providers and organizations face challenges in achieving this goal…
A caregiver from Northwest Georgia was surprised to learn that she had won a Seniorlink-sponsored award at an in-person ceremony on Nov. 17. The Polk County (Georgia) Standard Journal reported that Camille Adams had won the 2020 Paraprofessional of the Year award, presented by the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, for her work…
Integrating family caregivers into the formal care team is a worthwhile goal, offering benefits for care recipients, family caregivers, and professional health care providers. However, effective family caregiver integration remains a challenge due to several prominent barriers, including identifying and communicating with family caregivers, which we discussed in more detail in a previous…
North Carolina is introducing the Coordinated Caregiving program for caregivers who are caring for loved ones at home. As part of the program, Seniorlink, a leading provider of technology-enabled health services, has been approved to provide remote coaching services and financial support to family caregivers.
Seniorlink Inc. announced that it is a sponsor for the upcoming documentary film Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation. The film will premiere on November 11th in salute of Veterans Day and National Family Caregivers Month, honoring the 24.5 million children and millennials who step forward as caregiving heroes to care for family members.
A new study by RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, finds that while more than 53 million Americans are providing a significant portion of health and support services to individuals with serious illnesses, these family caregivers are often overlooked by the U.S. healthcare system and need to be better integrated into health care…
Despite the benefits of integrating family caregivers into the formal care team, which was discussed in detail in a previous post, there are several barriers that make family caregiver integration challenging. We recently partnered with the RAND Corporation on a report titled A Framework for Integrating Family Caregivers into the Health Care Team,…
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