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If you have taken on the role of a caregiver in the last few years, you have joined on of the biggest and most important working groups in America today.  According to the Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA), an estimated 44 million Americans have taken on this vital job. Caregivers fix meals, make doctor's appointments, do the laundry, and generally make sure their frail or sick relatives or friends can live as well as possible for as long as possible.  The actual list of things a caregiv …

When a Loved One Becomes DisabledBy Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.When my friend’s 25-year-old son suffered a head injury in a major car accident, death seemed like a certain outcome. Instead, he recovered. But medications caused him to gain 50 pounds and he suffered from cognitive delays that might, or might not, resolve.He didn’t look or act at all like the athletic young man I had watched grow up. “I was prepared for his death,” said his mother. “I wasn’t prepared for this. My job is to figure …