Friday, July 31, 2015
United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving
Family caregivers generally provide so much unpaid help because their loved ones need many types of assistance that are hard to get from one provider, and because of a lack of affordable alternatives, said Carol Levine, director of the families and health care project at the United Hospital Fund, a non-profit research and philanthropy organization in New York.
“For those who provide long-term care for years and for those with particularly demanding situations — caring for someone with dementia, for example — the detrimental effects on caregivers’ mental and physical health, financial status, employment and on other family relationships have been well documented,” Levine, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email....