Jaclene Zauszniewski, the Kate Hanna Harvey Professor in Community Health Nursing and one of Case Western Reserve University’s 2020 Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners, and her research team ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara County, CA (April 30, 2024) — May is not just about blooming flowers and warmer weather; it’s also Mental Health ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80% of those living with dementia receive informal care from family members or friends. This equates to 16 million family caregivers ...

Interprofessional research study found that family caregivers of older adults living with dementia experienced a 15% drop in stress after a 9-week online peer support program. According to the U.S.

A few months ago, Dr. Lori Yancura from UH Mānoa’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences was a guest author in the Aging Matters column. In that article she focused on learning from kūpuna about ...

Caregiver stress has a way of derailing your best-laid plans. Like many people whose elderly parents fall ill, Jennifer Beard ...

What can caregivers do to de-stress? Though caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other dementias can be rewarding at times, it can also be terribly stressful for caregivers and families. It is ...

Caregivers are those who care for family members who are elderly, ill, or disabled. After severe weather and flooding impacted many throughout the Northland, advocates are stressing the importance of ...

As the baby boomer generation continues to age, more and more individuals who need long-term care are opting to age in place and receive informal care in their homes, with care being provided by a ...