Episode 34: Caregiver Rx From Gerontologist Steven Zarit

Pioneering gerontologist and Penn State University professor Steven Zarit has spent decades studying the effects of caregiving on families. In today’s episode he shares the dramatic results of a study that measured stress levels in people caring for a loved one with dementia on days when the care recipient was at home versus at adult day care. Zarit also provides stress-reducing tips for caregivers, including strategies that have emerged from support group sessions, he weighs in on long-term care in the US compared with other countries and he tells us what he’d say to the presidential candidates about support to family caregivers.

More about Steve: http://hhd.psu.edu/news/2013/Steve-Zarit.html

MUSIC: “Departures (Green Wall)” by Lee Rosevere | CC BY NC SA | Free Music Archive