A fascinating new caregiver survey by "The Caregiving Project for Older Americans" says all kinds of in-home caregivers have not had much training, because there is no national training requirement for in-home caregivers for older adults. And since 78 percent of those surveyed (who had hired caregivers) had the misperception that they did have training, the problem is heading for a crisis with the enormity of the advancing aging population.
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