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    Obama Administration Presents Plan to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    May 16, 2012
    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday released an ambitious national plan to fight Alzheimer’s disease. The plan was called for in the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), which President Obama signed into law in January 2011. The National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease sets forth five goals, including...
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    Jan’s in USA Today

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    March 26, 2012
    Congrats to Jan, who blogs here on caring for her mom, for making today’s USA Today. Jan shared her perspective on caring for her mom in the article, “Caring for Elderly Parents Catches Many Unprepared.” “When you get into the trenches, it’s literally baptism by fire,” she explains in the...
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    More Funding to Come for Alzheimer’s Research, Caregiver Support

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    February 7, 2012
    This morning, the Obama Administration announced it will make more money available for Alzheimer’s research and caregiving support. The official announcement reads: The Obama Administration today announced new efforts to fight Alzheimer’s disease, including immediately making an additional $50 million available for cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research. In addition, the administration announced...
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    Your Caree Declines, Your Health Care Costs Increase

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    November 22, 2011
    Yesterday, at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference in Boston, The National Alliance for Caregiving released its most recent study of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease, Caregiving Costs: Declining Health in the Alzheimer’s Caregiver as Dementia Increases in the Care Recipient. According to the study, a family...
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    Presidential Proclamation, National Family Caregivers Month

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News, National Family Caregivers Month
    November 2, 2011
    NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH, 2011 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION Across our country, millions of family members, neighbors, and friends provide care and support for their loved ones during times of need. With profound compassion and selflessness, these caregivers sustain American men, women, and...
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    How Do You Rate Against Non-Caregiving Peers?

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News, Polls
    October 13, 2011
    The New York Times Old Age blog featured an interesting story yesterday (Caregiving’s Hidden Benefits). Caregiving has some interesting benefits. Consider: 1. Family caregivers have a lower mortality rate than non-caregivers. 2. Family caregivers are physically stronger than non-caregivers. 3. Family caregivers scored better on memory tests than non-caregivers. 4....
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    NAPA Advisory Council Convenes Tomorrow

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    September 26, 2011
    The advisory council of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act will convene for the first time tomorrow (September 27) at 9:30 a.m. ET  at the Administration on Aging headquarters in Washington, D.C. National Alzheimer’s Project Act, signed into law in January, will create a coordinated national plan to overcome the Alzheimer’s...
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    Bette’s in the News!

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    September 1, 2011
    Bette has diligently contacted the media in her area to share her story and talk about Caregiving.com (isn’t that awesome?). Her efforts have paid off; the fall issue of Susquehanna Life magazine features Bette’s story. The article is only available in print, but Bette scanned the two-page story for us....
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    New App Offers Ratings for Providers, Drug Info

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News, Technology
    July 27, 2011
    The Sunlight Foundation today debuts a new mobile app for consumers called “Sunlight Health”. Sunlight Health helps medical patients and their families make informed decisions about healthcare services and prescription drug options. Using data from government and nonprofit institutions, the app covers three categories: healthcare facilities, medical suppliers and prescription...
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    Research Opportunity for Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    July 14, 2011
    A new website needs family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia to participate a research study funded by the National Institute on Aging (part of the National Institutes of Health). The site, iCarefamily.com, is being developed by Photozig (at the NASA Research Park) and Stanford University, in...
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    Caregiving’s Cost: $3 Trillion in Lost Wages, Pension and Social Security Benefits

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    June 14, 2011
    Americans who provide care for their aging parents lose an estimated three trillion dollars in wages, pension and Social Security benefits when they take time off to do so, according to “The MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers: Double Jeopardy for Baby Boomers Caring for Their Parents.”  Produced...
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    Call for Focus Group Participants

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    | Denise's Blog, In The News
    June 8, 2011
    BrainFacts.org, a new project of Kavli Foundation, Gatsby Charitable Foundation, and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), will provide extensive research on brain disease/disorders and promote brain health and wellness. The site will launch next spring. To provide input on the project, the organization will conduct in-person focus groups in Washington,...
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