Dec 16, 2024
Stroke survivors often don't get palliative care once they leave the hospital, but it can improve quality of life for them and their family members, a new science report finds.
May 2, 2024
With a loving partner, supportive family and a newfound joy in participating in charity walks, Precious Guan continues to recover from two strokes.
Apr 17, 2024
Women make the vast majority of medical decisions for a family, often at the expense of their own health. It doesn't have to be this way, experts say.
Apr 5, 2024
Loved ones may be linked by the trauma of a cardiac arrest and CPR, but their paths toward healing may differ.
Sep 6, 2023
For survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest, friends and family members play an important, but challenging, caretaking role following hospital discharge, new research shows.
Aug 31, 2023
Latino people, while younger than the rest of the U.S. population, are aging at a faster rate. Experts say language and structural barriers may make it more difficult to get the support they will need.
May 9, 2023
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people die from heart disease and stroke. Their loved ones must find ways to cope with the loss.
Jan 25, 2023
As people age, they typically turn to adult children and other family for support. LGBTQ older adults are less likely to have that support and more likely to care for each other.
Dec 14, 2021
The vast majority of people with dementia are cared for at home by loved ones. Studies show caregiving places them at higher risk for health problems of their own, but the work also can be rewarding.
Nov 3, 2021
Millions of young people nationwide provide care for a family member, a situation exacerbated by the rise in single-parent households resulting in part from the opioid crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. The physical and mental effects are far-reaching.