Tips for helping with long-distance caregiving

The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP report there are 5 to 7 million long-distance caregivers in the U.S. who are caring for an older relative - a number that is expected to double over the next 15 years. They live, on average, 480 miles from the people for whom they care and spend an average of four hours in travel time per visit.

Employers are affected. According to the Alzheimer's Association's Long Distance Caregiver Project, employers collectively lose 15 million hours a year of work time due to long-distance caregiving.

Given the responsibility and commitment, where does one begin? The following tips may be helpful:

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