When the Person in Person-Centered Care Is Your Mother

When the Person in Person-Centered Care Is Your Mother

Wally Patawaran's mother, Emma, in Seville, Spain, before her first stroke. "My mother understands everything we're saying." My brother was addressing the latest home health aide, giving her an orientation. She nodded on cue, but it seemed clear that she was giving this latest assignment a look-over before signing…

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Blazing a Trail to Better Care for Older Adults

Blazing a Trail to Better Care for Older Adults

In 1965, the Older Americans Act set in motion a new network of largely community-based social services and supports to help older adults remain healthy and independent, living in their homes and communities as long as possible. On April 19, 2016, after legislation garnered bipartisan support from both houses of…

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Modern Day Heroes: Celebrating Family Caregivers of Older Adults and Their Caring Superpowers

Modern Day Heroes: Celebrating Family Caregivers of Older Adults and Their Caring Superpowers

The John A. Hartford Foundation President Terry Fulmer, at the Rockefeller Center display window. Every day, millions of older adults receive assistance from their very own personal superheroes: the friends and family caregivers who help coordinate medical appointments, prepare meals, give medications, and perform myriad other critical caregiving tasks…

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