A recent study found that grandparents who help care for their grandchildren tended to perform better on memory and language tests, and grandmothers also showed slower cognitive decline over time. The ...

An estimated 7 out of 10 people will require long-term care in their lifetime, according to a report from Health and Human Services. About 38 million family caregivers in the U.S. provide unpaid care ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at the experiences of Americans who are providing care to a parent, spouse or partner age 65 or older. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to ...

Early planning is important. Discuss end-of-life wishes, secure permission to communicate with healthcare teams, and address legal and financial matters while the person can still participate. In-home ...

Full-time caregiving is an around-the-clock job, but respite care can give live-in caregivers a short-term break. Caregivers are often managing caring for a loved one with work, other family ...

Isiah and Adriana Alaniz's two children need multiple therapies each week. Four-year-old Aubrey has autism and 1-year-old Elijah has a rare disorder that affected his brain development as a fetus.