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Exploding The Myths: Caregiving In America, U.S. Senate Select Committee On Aging
Exploding The Myths: Caregiving In America, U.S. Senate Select Committee On Aging
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Family caregivers provide between 80 and 90 percent of the medically related care, personal care, household maintenance, transportation and shopping needed by older persons. Thus, far from abrogating their responsibility, family caregivers provide care for dependent family members, often at a great emotional and financial cost