Why I Volunteered to Be a Pin Cushion for Science
Submitted by Jodi on Thu, 05/23/2024 - 09:29The story about my experience participating in a clinical trial for my MS, why I'm doing it, and what I've gained from it.
The story about my experience participating in a clinical trial for my MS, why I'm doing it, and what I've gained from it.
Alzheimer's disease devastated our family when my mom, at just 67, was diagnosed in 2010 and passed away two years later. Living through her journey opened my eyes in ways I could never have anticipated. Through this post, I hope to share those insights, supported by the innovative Alzheimer's Module from Embodied Labs, which gave me a deeper understanding of what it might have felt like for her.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2024
Community Care Corps Helps Caregiving Organizations with New Resources: As the older adult population grows, so does the need for support services
By: Chance Browning, Director of Partnerships
--Paulina Polanco
By Paulina Polanco
Caregiver Action Network is proud to announce a dynamic new partnership with Psych Congress. This partnership will not only bring family caregivers’ voices to the table and elevate them to providers and clinicians, but will help to fulfill CAN’s mission of promoting resourcefulness and respect for the more than 90 million family caregivers across the country.
CAN would like to commend President Biden for his Executive Order to promote federal funding for women’s health research—with a focus on diseases and conditions that disproportionately affect women. One of the areas for increased research is women’s health after menopause and the diseases that are more prevalent in women in mid-life such as heart disease and osteoporosis.
Sandra Bagwell of Mission, Texas, holding the remains of her son, Ryan, who died in 2022. “Ryan was poisoned,” she said. Credit...Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas for The New York Times
By Jodi Koehn-Pike, Caregiver Action Network