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Lisa Genova is a neuroscientist and award-winning author of the New York Times best-selling novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, and Inside the O’Briens. Still Alice was adapted into a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, who won the 2015 Academy Award for her role as Alice Howland, a professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Genova has travelled…

Last month, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee did just that, taking an important step to help America’s unsung heroes, family caregivers — and the loved ones they assist

On Friday, October 23, the sun was shining brightly on the USC Family Caregiver Support Center satellite office in Rosemead, and life also became a bit brighter for the area’s many caregivers as the center celebrated its grand opening. Rosemead Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Director and CEO Helen Hua led…

During a 2014 winter storm, Charles Martin climbed onto the roof of his rural Rockport, Ind., home to clear off a foot of heavy, wet snow. With his wife at work, Mr. Martin, a family counselor, slipped and fell off the roof, breaking his wrist and shattering his hip. Lying…

SBP is an evidence based program aimed at helping family caregivers who are caring for a person with dementia or chronic illness(es).

PEOPLE WHOSE EARLIER MARRIAGE TO A PERSON OF THE SAME SEX MAY NOW BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSAL OR WIDOW’S BENEFITS AND SHOULD APPLY.

Stepping into the role of being a family caregiver is often met with an overwhelming amount of questions: Where do I start to look for information? What are my options? Where do I go for resources? How do I cope with caregiver stress? What are legal issues surrounding caregiving? The USC Family Caregiver Support Center has developed a Family Caregiver Checklist to help prepare family…

LAST CHANCE TO URGE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO KEEP $3 MILLION IN THE BUDGET

Advocates for African American Elders (AAAE) & Expo Center/Ahmanson Senior Center Invite you to get your questions answered about the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI)

LEGISLATURE APPOINTS BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BEGIN MONDAY, JUNE 1 URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO SUPPORT ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL FOR INCLUSION OF $3.8M TO RESTORE FUNDING TO THE CRCS The near-final stage of the state budget process has arrived, with the State Senate and Assembly announcing the appointment of six members to the…