title: Heroes of health care: a window on caregiver burden.
abstract: On Wednesday, March 23, 51 older Americans came to Washington, DC, to deliver their unique messages concerning the need for long-term care and a health care system responsive to the needs of older Americans. HealthRIGHT, a coalition created to capture Americans' views on the health care system and what needs to be done to improve it, orchestrated the event. In an extraordinary briefing session in the Rayburn House Office Building, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was present with congressional leaders to hear these stories. Several of the witnesses focused on Alzheimer's patients or their caregivers. CARING is pleased to include their stories here, as testimony to the major effect this terrible disease can have on a family.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States