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Shedding light on niece and nephew dementia caregivers

ISCE and Center for Gerontology–affiliated researchers Karen Roberto and Tina Savla explore the experiences of nieces and nephews caring for aging relatives with dementia. Supported by the National Institutes of Health, this Virginia Tech study, recently published in The Gerontologist, offers the first focused examination of this often overlooked group in family caregiving research.

Caregiver talking with elderly woman that is laying in bed.
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