New IFC Family Caregiver Class
In partnership with Durham Technical Community College, IFC is again offering its popular Family Caregiver Education & Support class starting on January 12, 2022 and continuing through February 2, 2022.…
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Willetha King Barnette joins Denise Brown of The Caregiving Years to discuss her book, The Caregiver’s Secrets.
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A Fall, and a Lesson
A lady lives on my walking route along the pathway that winds through the neighborhood. She’s maybe ten years older and lives in a big, lovely house on a corner…
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Caregiving Focus Could Improve U.S. Healthcare, Health Equity
The Commonwealth Fund’s annual ranking of healthcare performance in high-income countries has been released. The findings are not good. The U.S. ranked dead last in key categories, including access to…
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IFC Reloads Family Caregiver Class
In partnership with Durham Technical Community College, IFC is again offering its popular Family Caregiver Education & Support class starting on October 6 and continuing through October 27, 2021. The…
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Looking for Help? Register for IFC’s Newest Course
IFC is proud to announce our latest virtual course through Durham Technical Community College. With instruction by Willetha Barnette, author of The Caregiver’s Secrets, the class will explore the skills…
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Could Your Living Room Become Your Future Hospital Room?
For years the Institute for Family Caregiving has been singing the praises of family caregivers as the unsung heroes of healthcare. Over 50 million of them toil day in and…
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Empowering the Patient and Caregiver July 12, 2021
Please join us and share in this opportunity to connect! Our CEO, Willetha King Barnette, will be participating in the Cure VCP Disease Patient & Care Partner Webinar Series on…
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Greensboro AHEC Webinar June 30, 2021
The aging population in the United States is increasing faster than any other age group. Our healthcare systems are being challenged to provide high quality, evidence-based care that allows the…
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Covid-19 Shows Why Families Must Prepare for An Aging Population
For decades scientists warned that a global epidemic caused by a previously unknown virus was all but inevitable. Despite periodic outbreaks of swine flu, bird flu, SARS, and Ebola, their…
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My Lucky Day
Sometime late in my more than 20-year journey of caring for my aging mother, I was struggling to manage her multiplying health problems, juggling an assortment of medications and therapies,…
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Two Overlooked Caregiving Skills
Most of the time when people talk about caregiving skills, they are focused on tasks such as managing medications, taking temps and blood pressures, giving injections, and so on. Those…
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Trial and Terror
Many of you may be old enough to remember when companies took an interest in developing their employees, investing in them to grow and take on new skills based on…
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It’s Definitely a Job
Although it is done for love, not pay, caregiving provided by family members is a job. And because it is a job, there is a correct way to do it.…
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In Healthcare, No Equity Without Ownership
The effort to put family caregiving and direct care workers at the top of the nation’s healthcare agenda has been a long time coming. As with all things of a…
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