Medication Management, Wound Care Part of New Normal for Caregivers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2012. Today, AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) and the United Hospital Fund (UHF) released a new report that finds 46 percent of family caregivers perform medical and nursing tasks for care recipients with multiple chronic physical and cognitive conditions. The report, “Home Alone: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Chronic Care,” explores the complexity of tasks that caregivers provide and challenges the common perception of…
