This study builds upon its work by identifying factors affecting dementia research participation according to people with ADRD and their family caregivers in Portland, Oregon. A community advisory board (CAB) comprised of clinicians, researchers, advocates, people with dementia, family caregivers, and ...
Mark Donham, of Portland, Oregon, said that even withfinancial supportfrom a relative and long-term care insurance, he cashed in about a third of his retirement funds while caring for his wife, Chris, who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's in her 40s. He quit his salesman job in...
A number of today's caregivers, Liebman said, are part of the so-called sandwich generation — they're caring for their own children at home, while tending to one or more older family members in order to help them live independently. "Many are reducing their work hours or leaving jobs be...