Voltaire (born FranÃ§ois-Marie Arouet) was a writer who influenced, and was influenced by, Enlightenment thinking. Born in France in the 18th Century, he went on to write drama, fiction, and poetry that like many Enlightenment works doubted the authority of traditional institutions.
Family Care is a Medicaid long-term care program for frail elders and adults with physical or intellectual disabilities. People in the program receive long-term care services to help them live in their own home whenever possible. To understand Family Care, it helps to know what âlong-term careâ is. Long-term care is any service or support that a person may need because of a disability, getting older, or having a chronic illness that limits their ability to do the things that are part of their daily routine.
(Learn how and when to remove this template message) Family caregivers (also known as âcarersâ) are ârelatives, friends, or neighbors who provide assistance related to an underlying physical or mental disability but who are unpaid for those services.â. A recent study says that 26.5% of all American adults today are family caregivers. A 2012 report by the Alzheimerâs Association states that 15 million of those family caregivers are caring for a person with Alzheimerâs or another dementia.