Caregiving

2008 Community College Caregiver Training Initiative: Request for Proposals

The Caregiving Project for Older Americans, with support from MetLife Foundation, invites proposals from community colleges and other 2-year institutions under the 2008 Community College Caregiver Training Initiative.

Call for Caregiver Curricula and Training Programs

We are conducting a review of caregiver curricula and training programs throughout the United States. Please help us ensure your voice is heard. The final report will include recommendations of a caregiver training task force comprised of distinguished experts from around the country. Read More...

Hugh Downs

Caregiving Project Advisor Hugh Downs Featured in Today's Caregiver

Hugh Downs, an Honorary Member of the ILC-USA Board of Directors, and Advisory Committee member of The Caregiving Project for Older Americans, is featured in the 12th Anniversary issue of Today's Caregiver.
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Community College Grants Announced

Twelve community colleges, selected from over 75 applicants, will receive up to $25,000 to either establish new home-based caregiver training programs or enhance programs that already exist for professional and family caregivers. Read More...

New Report on Caregiving Warns of Looming Crisis for Baby Boomers

More then 12 million people in the United States, about 80 percent of whom are age 50 or older need some form of long-term care. Many of those in need of care go without it—about 20 percent of adults needing assistance are unable to find either paid or voluntary help. Read More...

Survey Reveals Public Misperception of Training Received by In-Home Caregivers

In spite of the United States having no national training requirements for professional in-home caregivers of older adults, an alarming 78 percent of those who hired such caregivers believe they had received formal training, according to a Harris Interactive Survey released today. Read More...

High-Profile Leaders Join Initiative to Solve Caregiving Crisis

The Caregiving Project for Older Americans announces today that a distinguished group of American leaders have agreed to join a new national Advisory Committee in an effort to develop innovative, affordable new approaches to in-home caregiving for older adults. Read More...

Associated Press Reports on Caregiving Shortage Concern

An Associated Press writer reports on the mounting concern over the lack of workers to care for the millions of boomers who will someday need ongoing care because of physical and mental frailties. Read More...