The National Family Caregiver Support Program: Recognizing Family Caregivers as Consumers in Their Own Right

A recent study on the pioneering National Family Caregiver Support Program finds that over the past 15 years, the program has accelerated the development of local services and supports to help caregiving families. This is good news; before the NFCSP became law, only half the states reported providing respite care — one of the most pressing needs of families and friends who take on the caregiving role.  That has begun to change, although greater progress needs to be made.

Source: http://blog.aarp.org/2016/09/07/the-nation...