Tag: Caregivers

Caring for Caregivers: National Family Caregiver Support Month

Categories Adult Services, Department of Community and Human Services, Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy

November was National Family Caregiver Support Month! National Family Caregiver Support Month is a time to support, honor, and recognize the vital work of caregivers in keeping King County’s communities safe and healthy. Family caregivers play an important role in the day-to-day wellbeing of those they are caring for and are tasked with managing the…

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Caregiver Respite for Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities: A new VSHSL funding opportunity

Categories Adult Services, Department of Community and Human Services, Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy

Parents, friends and family of children and adults with disabilities are often called upon to do the essential but difficult work providing unpaid care for a loved one. In King County, currently 70 percent of people living with a disability reside with a family caregiver, and 23 percent of those family caregivers are themselves older…

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