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Issues that Matter

What caregiving issues do those on the frontlines talk about? We asked a panel of caregivers, administrators, researchers and community leaders -- many of them members of our Board of Advisors. These professionals have devoted their careers and, often, their personal lives to caregiving. Their views have helped us produce a series that will inform, enlighten and challenge.

Since broadcast time is finite, the televised series may not address all of the concerns expressed here. We present these thoughts here to provide an extended opportunity for all of us to digest, evaluate and comment. Please visit the CareGiving Professionals Forums to add your thoughts, questions and concerns.

Issues

Experts

  • People are living longer.
  • Families are taking on more and more.
  • Opportunity costs associated with caregiving
  • Are adult children legally responsible for the care of their parents?
  • Fewer elderly women are living alone because their spouses are living longer.
  • Emotional aspects of caregiving.
  • We should talk about how we can motivate the people within communities to be more caring.
  • Caregiving really is not limited to any age group or any set of circumstances.
  • Family caregiving is a major public health issue.
  • Families don't have to become impoverished.
  • Long-distance caregiving is an emerging issue.
  • It's a political issue. This is also a gender issue.
  • Self-care (body, mind and spirit), respite care, and caregiving education and training
  • We don't look deeply enough at intergenerational responsibilities.
  • Caregiving has been community-based and faith-based.
  • And a number of other issues ...
  • Donna L. Wagner, Ph.D.
  • Suzanne Mintz
  • Phyllis Mutschler, Ph.D.
  • Judy Riggs
  • Howard Fillit, M.D.
  • Rabbi Allen Freehling
  • Lynn Friss Feinberg
  • Michelle Plauche
  • Laura Carstensen, Ph.D.
  • Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • E. Percil Stanford, Ph.D.
  • Deborah Glik, Ph.D.




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