“A caregiver-friendly healthcare system should fully integrate and respect the caregiver’s role as a vital member of the care team. The healthcare system should also recognize, consider, and provide resources and tools to support caregiver needs as part of the overall patient-care picture. There is ultimately no optimum patient health and well-being without caregiver health and well being (p.17). For the full repot, visit https://www.caregiversupportservices.com.
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