Respite care program provides caregivers with needed breaks

 
By Shirley A. Cox
Published: August 7, 2008

When health care issues are debated, often missing from the public policy debate is the huge value of informal caregiving services and, unfortunately, the toll those services take on the caregivers.

Nationally, estimates show that 30 million to 38 million family caregivers provide ongoing care for loved ones or family members, resulting in services valued at more than $350 billion annually.

In Oklahoma , an esti...


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