Caregiving: It will show up as a regular topic in this column.
Family caregivers provide most long-term services and support in the United States, assisting adults with disabilities and complex health needs such as dementia.
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Respite for caregivers
This column is about respite care. Most people associate respite with service-providing care in relief of a primary caregiver, but it can be more subtle. Relief may be an effect, coming from support other than substitute care such as information, friendly visitors, a delivered meal
Deadly boat crash on the Merrimack River
At 5:16 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, 2026, Marine Patrol Officers and State Troopers assigned to the Troop B barracks responded to a report of a boat crash with serious injuries on the Merrimack River in Hudson.
Caregiving pillar 3: Skills
A skill is the learned ability to perform a specific action or task with good execution and successful results. Skills are developed as we acquire them through training, practice, and experience. They are not innate, even people skills such as empathy or active listening.
Caregiving pillar 2- Knowledge
What do we know about what supports caregivers? In a previous column I suggested six things; a notebook, knowledge, skills, a plan, occasional respite, and our continued friendship this column is about knowledge. Truly little, even parenting or work life, prepares us for being responsible for care and support of
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