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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Addressing the Burdens of Family Caregivers
Description: Guest: Alisha Morgan, D.O. (@AAMORGAN_DO)
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
It’s estimated that there may be over 30 million individuals in the U.S. who provide ongoing care to older adults, half of these to family members with some form of dementia. The majority of these caregivers are female and a significant percentage of these caregivers have their own major health problems. This has become a major social and economic issue in the care of our geriatric patients. Dr. Alisha Morgan, a family medicine and hospice physician at the Mayo Clinic jo...