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Family Caregiving

May, 2008

Picking Up the Pieces

Jane Pauley talks to parents of wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan about the challenges of caregiving. Watch

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How Family & Faith Are Healing Veterans Home From War

Wounded Iraq veterans and their families discuss living with the aftermath of war, and how faith and family has helped them heal. Listen

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The War Inside

Since 9/11, more than 90 percent of Puerto Rico's 10,000-member-strong National Guard has been deployed to war-related locales. read

Benefits Change for Grandparents Raising Fallen Soldiers' Children

Grandparents and other kinship caregivers now receive a one-time, $100,000 "death gratuity" to raise a fallen soldier's child. read

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Gail Ulerie & Shurvon Phillip

ShurvonPhillip was paralyzed and left unable to speak by a roadside bombexplosion in Iraq. His mother, Gail Ulerie, remains optimistic andgives thanks for the little victories each day. Watch

Julia Spalding & Kara Wooten

After Kara Wooten suffered a sixth IED (improvised explosive device) detonation as an Army medic, she had brain trauma and eye damage. Whileshe receives treatment at Fort Bragg, N.C., her mother, Julia Spalding, is raising Kara's son in Kentucky. Watch

Cindy Parsons & Shane Parsons

ShaneParsons lost both legs and experienced severe brain injuries after anexplosion in Iraq. Cindy Parsons, a former trauma nurse, quit her jobin Ohio and moved to Texas to monitor Shane's therapy. Watch

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