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More than one million adults in the U.S. are diagnosed annually with a chronic brain disease or disorder. The need for both long-term care and support for family caregivers is dramatic. Many of these conditions, for example Alzheimer’s, Stroke and Parkinson’s, are associated with increasing age. Given the aging of the United States population, figures will increase proportionately in the coming decades.

Source: Family Cargiver Alliance

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Caregivers and quality of life in the US - A recent "study" on quality of life issues for care givers and MS patients left me in a state of shock, anger and immense frustration. Was I shocked, angered and frustrated to learn that (and this is a direct quote from the article):

"Conclusion. Caregivers of persons with MS reporting high levels of caregiver strain experienced a lower QoL and were caring for persons with MS with a lower QoL and higher levels of depression and anxiety. Interventions to reduce caregiver strain and burden in those at risk are necessary to reduce poor outcomes among both caregivers and care recipients with MS. "

No. I was shocked, angered and immensely frustrated at the squandering of precious research funds on what I consider to be "junk science". WHY are resources ALLOWED to be diverted from important issues such as the causes and cures of disabling medical conditions in order to "study" what is obvious to the average person with any common sense????

If I hit my thumb with a hammer, IT WILL HURT. I don't need a study to tell me this or to confirm any "anecdotal" evidence of the obvious. STOP THIS NONSENSE! Our precious resources must be used for meaningful science or, at the very least, to provide the very "interventions to reduce caregiver strain and burden in those at risk" recommended by this study.