Providing emotional support to caregivers is integral to comprehensive ALS care. The authors surveyed ALS Association centers and clinics and Muscular Dystrophy Association/ALS centers. Respondents thought that grief and bereavement support was integral to ALS care but thought that the support provided by their centers was often inadequate.
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