You understand what financial impacts are experienced while being a caregiver and rarely is there time to think about your financial future. This document, Financial Steps for Caregivers, can help you create strategies for your financial health. Although this booklet…
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Are employers seeing the light?
With the millennial generation taking on the role of caregiver, employers are faced with recognizing that paid family leave needs to extend beyond leave for new parents. This article, Paid Leave for Caregivers Being Used to Attract Millennials, brings up…
Sharing your caregiving story
If you want to share your experiences with caregiving and work, Joe Fuller would love to hear from you. Stories submitted will be shared anonymously on social media or will be used in the future as Professor Fuller and his…
Public Notice Comment Period
If you would like to submit your comments for the Idaho State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) amendments, the comment period ends on May 31st. To access all documents and read more please follow this link PUBLIC NOTICE.
Checking in with yourself
It’s hard enough to focus on your health when you have to just take care of yourself, but how can you possibly make time to do so when taking care of your caree (a person you provide care for)? Some…
Save the Date- Lifespan Summit 2019
Older Americans Month
This is the month to celebrate all the connecting, creating, and contributing older Americans do each and every day. Thank you!
AARP releases Home Alone Revisited
AARP released their findings in the new Home Alone Revisited report which built upon the study originally conducted in 2012. This study looks at how family caregivers are managing their specific caregiver tasks. For the full report click on the…
Giving Yourself Credit as a Caregiver
Giving yourself credit as a caregiver is important. This article is a great resource for looking at how to better appreciate your good deeds, click on the following link. Agegracefullyamerica.com. Reposted with permission.
Are you a good advocator?
The Council on Developmental Disabilities is seeking twenty-five highly motivated and enthusiastic parents of children with developmental disabilities and adults with developmental disabilities to participate in the 2019 class of Idaho Partners in Policymaking. Next session starts in Sept. Preference…