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By Lyntoria Newton and Lydia Storie  2025 has been challenging for the care movement on many levels, but one bright spot is seeing more care-inclusive stories emerging on screen. While at Sundance and SXSW this year, we were thrilled to see more films centering male caregiver protagonists, including care workers, and highlighting how care takes […]

By Vicki Shabo, Better Life Lab at New America and Lydia Storie, Caring Across Generations Even though more than 40 percent of adults in the U.S. are providing unpaid care for someone in their life, TV shows that feature care as a central or even ancillary aspect of characters’ lives and the plots are rare […]

More than 40 percent of people in the U.S. are caregivers, but many may not even realize it. Whether it’s caring for an aging parent, supporting a disabled partner, or juggling the demands of raising children, care is woven into the fabric of our lives in ways that are both obvious and subtle. Yet, these […]

Caring Across is helping to finance and produce its first-ever film featuring a disabled family caregiver! “Take Me Home,” the short film which anchored the White House’s Olmstead anniversary event, is being adapted into a feature-length film. With initial funding from Jane Shin Park, an executive producer on the short, Caring Across aims to raise […]