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The face of today’s elder caregiver
BY NAOMI CAHN AND AMY ZIETTLOW Elder care requires an intergenerational partnership. The duty to care for an aging parent is often grounded in an understanding of reciprocity; the parental hands that once held ours during childhood now require our supportive presence in old age or during an illness. How does this caregiving expectation of…
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Chelsea Keenan The Gazette Iowa has few resources to prepare caregivers for complex medical tasks Julee Vinz smiles as her sister Michele Vinz does her hair at their condo in Des Moines on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Michele gave up her job and moved from San Diego to Des Moines to care full time for…
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