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Successful Caregiving
Caregivers have daily challenges! Need help finding ways of making your day easier or safer? You’re not alone.
Caregiver Facts
Data reveals an increase in the number of family caregivers in the United States of 9.5 million from 2015 to 2020. Family caregivers now encompass more than one in five Americans. The study also reveals that family caregivers are in worse health compared to five years ago.
— Source; The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP.
Many caregivers assume the role of caregiver often with little preparation and no formal training.
“After bringing him home from the hospital, I felt like I was given a package with no instruction manual.”
— Betty, Wife | Louisiana
Community
Caregivers often have questions about how to safely assist their loved ones. They are searching for easier, more efficient ways to perform tasks, and for information on how to decrease risks of injury or falls. You are not alone. The Finding A Foothold Community can help.
foot·hold
noun:
A place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them securely, especially while climbing. A secure position from which further progress may be made.
“There are only four kinds of people in the world. Those who have been caregivers. Those who are currently caregivers. Those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.”
— Rosalynn Carter
“He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.”
— 2 Corinthians 1:4