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You are invited to join our Telephone Town Hall on Caregiving on April 20, 2016 at 7 PM PT. Our host will be Julie Bates, a gerontologist who works for AARP in Sacramento. Our guest experts will include Sandi Fitzpatrick, the Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging, and…

Bill will increase benefits for people who take time off to care for family member

Almost 7 years ago the LA CRC budget was cut by 74%. As a result of the state cut, respite support for caregivers in LA County became almost non-existent. You have the opportunity to change that!

Dr. Donna Benton Co-director of the USC FCSC has been appointed to the CA Taskforce on Caregiving.

A number of states have scaled and spread community care teams, with some statewide initiatives beginning to show improvements in health outcomes.

With millions of baby boomers and their children at risk of being devastated by long-term care costs, a nonpartisan group announced Monday that it is pushing for a new national universal care policy.

People recognize the seriousness of Alzheimer’s disease, but they aren’t taking steps to learn about their personal chances of getting the disease or to prepare for it financially, according to a new survey.

Dr. Crimmins, AARP professor of gerontology at USC Davis School of Gerontology offers some good news for families and their aging loved ones.

Call it the elephant in the closet. Family caregivers in the workforce. Six in 10 caregivers are employed while caring for a loved one. Among them, 56 percent work full time. While people between the ages of 50 and 64 represent the largest age group of caregivers, millennials make up…

There are nearly 35 million Americans providing unpaid care to an older adult. As the population ages, caregiving is an issue that will touch every family, rich or poor.