Acknowledgement

Adapted for eXtension with permission from: Brintnall-Peterson, Mary. (2003). "Wisconsin Families and the Communities Where They Live and Work: Family Caregiving Is Everybody’s Business." Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin - Extension. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/demographics/caregiving.cfm. Last accessed: 05 July 2007.

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