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not only coordinates this for her children, but also for her husband, and for her-and-his elderly frail parents. The Kaiser study found 12% of women, compared to 8% of men, care for a sick or aging relative. We are talking not only providing housework, transportation, and financial decisions, but also administering pills and shots, bathing and dressing and often giving up many hours a week to bring health care to others.
• No wonder they are marketing to the woman in her middle years!
• More important, however, if we are providing medical care for her, we also have to realize how she often carries the medical burden of her whole family.
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• Dr. Rick Holm wrote this Prairie Doc Perspective for "On Call®," a weekly program where medical professionals discuss health concerns for the general public. "On Call®" is produced by the Healing Words Foundation in association with the South Dakota State University Journalism Department. "On Call®" airs Thursdays on South Dakota Public Broadcasting-Television at 7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain. Visit us at OnCallTelevision.com.
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