Amid challenges posed by COVID-19, recent national attention on the needs of caregivers is long overdue, says Donna Benton, director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center. Continue Reading Caring for Caregivers
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"Project Reveal: Celebrating the Caregiver in You" will discuss issues facing caregivers and focus on how family caregivers can celebrate themselves by taking time for respite activities. Continue Reading 20th Annual Caregivers Are Learning More (CALM) Conference goes virtual
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Using technology and engaging the senses can help us tackle loneliness among older adults, say USC experts. Continue Reading The Loneliness Epidemic and COVID-19
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Donna Benton, research associate professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, says national attention to the needs of family caregivers is long overdue. Continue Reading How to Help Family Caregivers
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Katy Fike MSG ’06, PhD ’09, says her time at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology was transformative: “It just opened my eyes, page after page, class after class. I felt there was so much I wanted to know, so I decided to stay for the PhD.” Continue Reading…
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Instructional Associate Professor Caroline Cicero, director of the USC Age-Friendly University Initiative, encourages everyone to determine how communities can foster connections with sequestered residents who may be overlooked by mainstream service providers. Continue Reading Thinking Creatively in the Age of COVID-19: Solutions for Older Adults
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Family caregivers are often invisible because of who they are, where they provide care, how the work is valued and a lack of data, which policymakers can change, says Donna Benton, director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center. Continue Reading Column: I See Caregivers … When Will I See…
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The coronavirus pandemic presents new challenges to senior care, but with some planning and determination, the risk can be mitigated, according to experts from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Continue Reading COVID-19 and caring for older adults
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During National Suicide Prevention Week, Professor Elizabeth Zelinski discusses the need for better mental health supports for older adults. Continue Reading National Suicide Prevention Week: Social connectedness makes a difference at all ages
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Benton, director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center, joins a group of civic leaders who will help to develop components of California's Master Plan for Aging. Continue Reading Donna Benton Named to California’s Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Advisory Committee
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