Terri Corcoran lives in Falls Church, Virginia, and has been a full-time caregiver for her husband Vince since 2004. He is severely disabled physically and mentally by the genetic condition Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome. She is on the Board of Directors of the Well Spouse Association. She describes her life and experience of spousal caregiving, and the work and history of the Association. She highlights the most challenging of the challenges encountered by spousal caregivers, the circumstances in which these arise, the emotional consequences, and the information needs. She explai
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