All around the world today, there are more and more signs of people taking matters into their own hands and no longer waiting for governments to step in – matters like community health, outreach for the homeless, local help for those older adults who are – not aging at home but living at home, as our guest puts it.

Debbie Howard was a fulltime caregiver for her mother and that inspired her to create Aging Matters International and write two books on aging. One is for those who are caregivers and the other one is for employers to understand what 30% of their employees go through as caregivers at home. She is also pivotal in establishing support groups in her community that offer assistance for older adults in their own homes - something that could easily be the model for the near and medium term future for caregiving.

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