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Archive Home > 2007 > March > 31 > Caregivers can be 'hidden patients'

Caregivers can be 'hidden patients'

Tending to ailing loved ones takes emotional toll

By Rachael Scarborough King / The Bulletin
March 31, 2007

PRINEVILLE - During the worst period of her husband's illness in 2005, Peggy Lutz was sometimes unable to leave their house for more than two hours a week.

Lutz, 85, was the primary caregiver for her husband, Bob, who died of vascular dementia in December 2005 after a three-year sickness. She....

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