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  • This house overwhelms me and no one is grateful

    Bogotá's Manzanas del Cuidado (Caregiving Blocks) provides free services like education, counseling, and skills training at 25 neighborhood locations to reduce the burden on women caregivers, successfully empowering participants to complete high school, gain new skills, and find employment opportunities. It's become a pioneering model in Latin America for recognizing unrenumerating labors. Read this article in Spanish here: https://solu.news/zfxr

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  • La casa agobia y nadie agradece

    El Sistema Distrital de Cuidado de Bogotá, implementado desde 2020 con sus 25 Manzanas del Cuidado como estrategia central, es un modelo pionero en América Latina por reconocer el trabajo no remunerado. Ha logrado transformar la vida de mujeres cuidadoras ofreciéndoles espacios gratuitos de formación, apoyo psicojurídico y desarrollo personal que les han permitido retomar estudios, fortalecer su autoestima y acceder a redes de apoyo. Puedes leer este artículo en inglés aquí: https://solu.news/wiva

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  • Michigan's most vulnerable rescued by kinship caregivers

    Various programs and organizations, like Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Grandparents Parenting Again, are helping seniors navigate and understand kinship care, providing them with guidance and support to transition to caring for loved ones.

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  • Art therapy helps family caregivers cope with hard times

    The Art Experience provides free art therapy classes for caregivers, offering a space for them to gather for respite and creative self-expression. At the classes, caregivers learn mindfulness, self-care practices and meet one-on-one with certified art therapists to discuss their individual situations and learn ways to cope with stress.

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  • How an area agency on aging helped bridge the gap for in-home care

    The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging hires state-tested nursing assistants (STNA) to act as community care specialists and provide in-home care to seniors. This care provides respite for unpaid family caregivers and allows seniors to continue living independently in their homes. In 2023 alone, the program served 130 residents, providing 2,371 hours of in-home care.

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  • Music cafe provides refuge to dementia patients, caregivers as recollections dim

    The Musical Memories Cafe is a social gathering space for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well as their caregivers. Participants gather to enjoy music, seek refuge outside of their homes and get access to peer support and health resources. There are more than 1,000 memory cafes operating around the world, both in-person and virtually.

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  • Hurt and homeless with no place to heal: Could a successful Oregon program be a model for Clark County?

    Central City Concern’s Evergreen Crossing provides 90 respite beds, as well as a primary care clinic to help those recovering from addiction or other illnesses avoid homelessness. People staying in the facility can recover in a stable environment, undergo further treatment, receive mental health care and work with a case manager to find a job and secure housing.

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  • Caregivers are struggling. Virtual support may help.

    Trualta is an online resource that provides free training, tips and other resources for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. The platform is available in 32 states and has been used by more than 12,000 caregivers since it was rolled out in May 2022. Studies have found caregivers who use the app feel more confident in providing care and overall less burnt out.

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  • Colorado is paying parents to take care of children with disabilities, a pandemic benefit that's sticking around

    During the pandemic, caregivers stopped entering people’s homes, so Medicaid restructured to pay parents to provide care for their children with disabilities rather than hired help. About 1,200 families across the state signed up for the program, making $15 an hour for up to 10 hours a week teaching those with disabilities “homemaker” tasks like cooking and cleaning.

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  • LA SED Senior Center emphasizes wellness support for Southwest Detroit seniors, caregivers as Latino population and funding needs rise

    Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (LA SED) provides culturally relevant programming and services for the area’s predominantly Latino senior community. The Center offers a safe space for seniors to converse in their native language, take English classes, connect with the community, exercise classes, and receive necessary care like vaccinations, food distribution and other social programming and wellness-focused care.

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