Healthy Aging Magazine Travel Excerpt: Discovering New Gems of England

Primary Education Topic: Caregiving Other Education Topics: Aging in Community Healthcare & Aging Changes in coordination of care among different professional disciplines create opportunities to recognize family caregivers as essential members of healthcare teams. By Carol Levine My late husband Howard had been a sports publicist. From him I learned that “There is no ‘I’ in team.” But when he became totally disabled as a result of an automobile accident, and I became his caregiver, I found that there was a “U” in team. I was repeatedly told “You are responsible for medications,” and “You have to turn him in bed every two hours,” and “You should quit your job.” read more