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Caregiver Support
NIH-funded study seeks volunteers to test effect of phone support for caregivers
December 30th, 2004
Earlier this year Yvonne Soares left her job as a fourth-grade teacher so she could care full-time for her sister, who has severe cerebral palsy. Soares, 55, spends her days helping her sister eat, changing her diapers and deciphering her gestures and facial expressions to guess what she needs. "She is about two jobs in one," said Soares, who took full-time responsibility for her sibling after growing dissatisfied with the job being done by home healthcare aides. "It causes a lot of depression." Soares is one of the nation's 22 million caregivers, who, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are at higher risk than the general...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-30)
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