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Moderately Impaired: Caregiver &Family Support <br />CONSEQUENCES of INACTION <br />• From home care to institutional carem*economic impact <br />- home health care can be about 40% less . than nursing home care <br />• Productivity of caregiver decreases <br />- 50% or more make changes at work to accommodate caregiving <br />- income of caregivers is about $1500 -2000 per year less than peers. <br />• Mental and physical health . of caregiver suffers <br />- Increased levels of depression and deterioration of physical health <br />- Medical costs for caregiver begins to outweigh cost of medical care <br />for recipient of care <br />• Abuse and neglect of .older . person may result <br />- caregiver stress is one of the primary factors leading to abuse <br />I <br />