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NIH Hosts "Caregiving" Seminar
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Brief Description:
As part of its Women's Health Seminar Series, the Office of Research on Women's Health and the Office of the Director recently presented "Caregiving", a seminar on the behavioral and social implications of care-giving throughout the life span.
Transcript:
Thornton: As part of its Women's Health Seminar Series, the Office of Research on Women's Health and the Office of the Director recently presented "Caregiving", a seminar on the behavioral and social implications of care-giving throughout the life span. The seminar discussed care-giving for disabled children, the unique gender and cultural differences associated with care-giving and the necessity for care givers to take care of themselves. Suzanne Mintz President and Co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association defines the role of care givers.
Mintz: Family care givers are people who have an emotional bond with another person who is chronically ill or disabled. So it is a relationship that is built on caring and emotion and there are more than 50 million people in the country today who are providing some level of care-giving services.
Thornton: The NFCA can be reached at 1-800-896-3650 or visit the web site at www.thefamilycaregiver.org. From the National Institutes of Health I'm Matt Thornton in Bethesda, Maryland.
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