Help for Family Caregivers Available from Government Programs and Policies

Family Caregiving in the New Normal

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 153-190

  Doty, Pamela ^a   Spillman, Brenda ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care (LTC); Medicaid; Medicare; National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966584517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417046-9.00010-6     Document Type: Chapter

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