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Informal caregiving : Its importance in long-term care

Managed Care for the Aged United HealthCare Minnetonka, Minnesota

Laura Himes Iversen, MSG, MPA

Center for Aging & Long-Term Care InterStudy Excelsior, Minnesota

Cynthia Longseth Polich, MA

Managed Care for the Aged United HealthCare Minnetonka, Minnesota

The article presents a fascinating profile of informal caregivers including their needs and concerns as well as potential solutions to these areas. In presenting their suggested solutions, these authors provide valuable information that home care providers should consider in order to better prepare themselves for that essential patient/caretaker advocacy role they hold.

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 2, No. 1, 63-72 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/108482238900200109


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