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A caregiver can be a relative, friend or professional health worker who provides care to someone who cannot care for himself or herself due to a disability or functional limitation. The care can include: non-medical care such as help with bathing, eating, or household chores, or medical care such as changing dressings.

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  1. Fact Sheet - Traumatic Brain Injury
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  2. Fact Sheet - Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  3. Fact Sheet - Protective Proceedings: Guardianships and Conservatorships
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  4. Adult Day Care Center Checklist
    This checklist helps determine which adult day care centers is right for your loved one.
  5. Doctor's Office Visit Record
    This checklist helps keep track of any instructions or advice provided during a doctor's visit.
  6. Where to Begin Checklist
    This list offers tips about what to figure out when first caring for your loved one.
  7. Good Nutrition: It's a Way of Life
    National Institute on Aging
    There are some of the common reasons older people stop eating right. And that's a problem because food provides energy and nutrients everyone needs to stay healthy.
  8. Medicines: Use Them Safely
    National Institute on Aging
    People over 65 have to be careful when taking medications, especially when they're taking many different drugs.
  9. Online Health Information: Can You Trust It?
    National Institute on Aging
    Some of the information on health-related websites is reliable and can be trusted. Some of it is not. Choosing which website to trust is worth thinking about.
  10. Stroke
    National Institute on Aging
    Stroke is a major cause of physical and mental disabilities in older adults and the third leading cause of death in the United States.
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