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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: February 21, 2008

State-by-State Long-term Health Care Costs

If you were to need a home health aide, how much would it cost? Are you financially prepared if you need a nursing home? Check out the cost in your state using figures from 2007.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: February 4, 2008

What Does Long-Term Care Cost in Your State?

If you were to need a home health aide, how much would it cost? Are you financially prepared if you need a nursing home? Check out the cost in your state.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: December 17, 2007

Candidates as Caregivers

As the presidential candidates crisscrossed the early-primary states in recent months, Americans facing the challenges of long-term care might have wondered about the contenders' own experiences with their parents.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: November 12, 2007

Long-Term Care in PA: Assisted Living Update

The next phase of assisted living in PA has begun.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: November 9, 2007

Caregiver Resource - Colorado Hands in Action

Colorado Hands in Action is a coalition of volunteers, faith communities and agencies providing in-home volunteer services, caregiver support and heartfelt individual attention.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: October 10, 2007

Caring for the Caregiver

They’re often the last to ask for help, but the millions of people who manage the care of ailing family members and friends are themselves among the neediest

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: October 10, 2007

9 Ways to Make It Better

Here’s advice about relieving the burdens of caregivers, from veteran caregivers and the experts who have dedicated their careers to the issue

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: October 10, 2007

A Champ’s Champ

“When you’re with Muhammad Ali, your day is never normal or predictable,” says Lonnie Ali, with a broad grin and a glint of mischief in her eye.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: July 23, 2007

Respite-Care Funding Big Win for Arizona Families

Arizona has become only one of five states to offer formalized respite care.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: July 23, 2007

Arizona Family Caregiving Estimated at $5.6 Billion

The economic value of family caregivers in Arizona is in the billions of dollars.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: July 12, 2007

Caregiving in Minnesota: What’s the Economic Value?

AARP wants policymakers to understand the economic value of caregiving and to find ways to support and recognize family caregivers.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: June 22, 2007

Valuing the Invaluable: 2006 Economic Value of Family Caregiving is $350 Billion

Informal caregivers are the backbone of our long-term care system with an economic value of $350 billion.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: June 20, 2007

North Carolina Caregiver Resources

Here are some helpful resources to help North Carolinians enhance caregiving for their loved ones.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: June 7, 2007

Share the Care...Impressions

A local volunteer’s perspective on the Share the Care model.

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Subchannel: Caregiving. Date: June 7, 2007

Creating Communities of Care via Share The Care

Learn how to organize a group to care for someone who is seriously ill.

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