caring

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caring

the practice or profession of providing social or medical care

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In addition to caring for the elderly, more than one-fifth of all affluent investors provide financial assistance to an adult child.

Citigroup Smith Barney Affluent Investor Poll May 2006; Economic Climate, Health Care Costs & Long-Term Care; Conducted by Greenwald & Associates and Synovate

As caregivers, we must pay attention to our own biases or methods of caring.

THE POWER OF PLACE

Some feminists' oppose encouraging family care (as would be the case if cash were allowed to pay family members), but others value womens' caring nature, accept that caring opportunities/obligations will present themselves at various points in peoples' lives, and focus on how fairly to support caring with adequate programs (Baldwin & Twigg, 1991; Evers, 1994; Johanss0n & Sund-strom, 1994; Lingsom, 1994).

Home Care Benefits for Persons with Disabilities

As more and more boomers find themselves caring for their aging parents, they often become more aware of the emotional, physical and financial issues that result when a loved one becomes ill and needs help with day-to-day activities.

Two Thirds of Respondents Fail MetLife's Long-Term Care IQ Test; IQ Test Reveals Most Americans Incorrectly Associate Long-Term Care Exclusively with Nursing Homes

And so we have hospitals filled to capacity in every city, caring for patients in a slow and inefficient fashion.