Little-Known Program Offers Help To People Caring for Aging Relatives

Offers details about a little-known federal program aimed at helping individuals who provide long-term care for aged relatives or loved ones called the National Family Caregiver Support Program. Budget appropriated to the program, which offers respite care, training in home-care skills, and counseling and referrals to help caregivers navigate the bureaucracy of the United States long-term-care system; Inadequacy of the program in terms of funding and services offered; Number of caregivers the program expects to be servicing with the next couple of years, according to the Administration on Aging, the governmental agency that administers the program; Where individuals can get more information about the program.