caregiving

Connecticut’s home care workforces includes skilled home health care providers, homemaker companion agencies, personal care assistance services and respite care.

The film, shot in Guilford, Connecticut, explores the bond two caregivers build with their patient: a former actor with progressing dementia.

The $2,000 maximum tax credit could reimburse eligible individuals for up to half their expenses to care for a loved one at home.

In developed economies like the U.S., the gender gap in jobs like nursing and social work is surprisingly larger, according to a new study co-authored by Yale.

Aides that provide medical care are required to have dementia training, but that requirement doesn’t apply to homemaker companion agency workers. Part of a state bill would change that.

Millions of Americans are caregivers for loved ones. We highlight the indispensable work of family caregivers in Connecticut, and explore what experts around the country are calling a “caregiving crisis.”

Over one in four adults is a caregiver to a loved one with a complex medical condition or disability, according to AARP. Janet Parmalee from East Haven is one of them. She met her husband Mike in 2008.

A new caregiving guide offers tips for creating a safe home, making a family plan and utilizing state resources when caring for loved ones with dementia.

Jon Hamilton of NPR’s Science Desk describes new medicines available to people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Plus, learn about the benefits of art therapy and the new law mandating coverage of tests for early detection.

Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers make art at the Mattatuck Museum's free monthly program, offered by the Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.