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Trailer | Caring for Mom & Dad

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Americans are living longer than ever before, and soon older adults will outnumber the young. Today, family caregivers are providing 90 percent of parent care, in addition to balancing work and family. CARING FOR MOM & DAD explores the emotional, health and financial challenges that many caregivers face every day. Premieres May 7 on PBS (check local listing).

Funding for CARING FOR MOM & DAD is provided by AARP and Pfizer.
Extras
Geriatric care managers can ease some of the challenges of caregiving.
Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta, co-directors of Caring Across Generations.
Meet Laney, whose grandmother has developed dementia and lives in a nursing home.
Meet Jake and Sam, whose grandmother is over a hundred years of age.
Carissa talks about how her grandmother's declining health has changed their relationship.
Technology-based solutions and resources can help caregivers.
Meet Shanna, whose mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and father with prostate cancer.
Caregiving can change the nature of relationships between siblings.
Journalist and author Jane Gross on her relationship with her mother.
Hear from Emory University employees about support for working caregivers.
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