Underappreciated and undertrained is how some people refer to family caregivers, who make personal sacrifices every day for little or no compensation to provide care for a loved one. Helen Marks Dicks of AARP-Wisconsin calls family caregivers an “invisible arm”. Caregivers help with daily tasks such as giving baths, dispensing medications, preparing meals, providing transportation and an array of other activities. Dicks says the number of family caregivers in Wisconsin surprises most people. Dicks says many people don’t realize how much is being asked of family caregivers, particularly when a loved one is discharged from a hospital. She says caregiving creeps up on you. Dicks says AARP is working with state legislators to provide greater support for family caregivers.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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