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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
