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When Marie Kondo’s best-selling book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” was published in the United States in 2014, a wide swath of the population was introduced to her proprietary method to rid your home of clutter.

An older adult notices symptoms that suggest a health problem. Their doctor performs an examination and some tests, and arrives at a diagnosis. It might be cancer or another life-limiting illness. It might be a health condition that will surely change the patient’s life, such as dementia, diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease or a progressive vision loss.

November is National Family Caregivers Month. Each year, we take this opportunity to honor the millions of people in the U.S. who do so much to support the well-being of older parents, spouses with disabilities, and other loved ones.