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  • Adult Day Care
  • Adult day care is needed when an adult with a disability cannot care for themselves. It not only provides the care they need, but it also provides social...
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  • Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms: My Husband's Story
  • Multiple sclerosis is a cruel disease. It strikes people in the prime of their lives, often in their 20s or 30s, and then its unpredictability makes life...
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  • Family Caregiver Alliance Helps Caregivers Come Together
  • Caregivers of adults with disabilities deserve a special voice to show the public all they do and Family Caregiver Alliance is helping to provide that...
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  • Maintaining Independence When You Live Away From Your Kids
  • If you choose not to move near your kids as you age, there are steps you can take to ensure that you keep your independence, despite your disability. Besides...
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  • Family Caregiver Suzanne Mintz Uses Life Experience to Advocate for Caregivers
  • When Suzanne Mintz’s husband, Steven, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1974, the two felt the same shock that many young couples facing a...
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  • Self-Care System Critical to Emotional, Physical Health of Caregivers
  • It’s long been recognized that caregivers are critical to the well-being of many individuals with disabilities. Recently published research suggests that...
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  • Long-Term Care Planning
  • What is long-term care? It typically includes where you will live and what kind of care or assistance you will need: Where will you live if you can no...
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  • Relationships with You, Your Partner and the PCA
  • Personal care assistants, or PCAs, can provide tremendous help to a person with disabilities along with their partner. How? A good PCA can perform household...