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Documenting Caregiver Experiences

Chicago Caregiving

Evanston-based anthropologist Rebecca Berman, PhD, spoke with nearly 30 caregivers about their experiences, asking each person about how they became a caregiver, how they find resources, and what they wish society better understood. Caregiving Magazine : What compelled you to explore caregivers’ experiences?

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S3 Ep.1 : How Training Has Changed Over the Last 20 Years, With New Hosts Linda Leekley and Amanda Sternklar

Home Care Pulse

And what that meant is that the training had to fall to the busy nursing supervisors or even the staff nurses. And I knew that the training for the caregiver’s aids and CNAs would be what suffered. And then now that’s passed down to caregivers in a lot of settings, right? Remember this is ancient history.

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Over the Threshold: Creating Solutions

Chicago Caregiving

He had come a long way from when he was born — an event that nearly killed him. When you look at the cost of use of ERs, premature placement of people in nursing homes, jails — which are very expensive — it was worth investing in permanent housing,” Gonyea says. That was big, big for me,” Franklin says. “I Hartford Foundation.

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