Tips For New Caregivers
Caregivers are courageous. We are not saints, angels or superhumans with a greater capacity for love. We are dedicated and tired family members or friends doing the best we can, often while draining our own bank accounts and putting our hopes and dreams on the back burner.
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Why Aren’t More Women Working? They’re Caring for Parents
This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Read the original here. DUNWOODY, Ga. — Aisha Adkins would rather...
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As costs mount, states scramble for new ways to pay for late-in-life care
This article first appeared in the Boston Globe on August 28, 2019. Read the original there. It’s the late-in-life financial...
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‘This will be catastrophic’: Maine families face elder boom, worker shortage in preview of nation’s future
This article first appeared in The Washington Post on August 14, 2019. Read the original here. DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Janet...
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This radical proposal would fund caregiving throughout a person’s whole life
This article first appeared in Fast Company on July 30, 2019. Read the original there. Sarita Gupta describes herself as...
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With A Projected 208% Population Growth In Those Over 85, It’s Time To Rethink Our Health Workforce
This article first appeared in Forbes on July 30, 2019. Read the original there. Between 2015 and 2050 there is...
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The Strange Political Silence On Elder Care
This article first appeared in the Washington Monthly in their July/August issue, and was reprinted in The Atlantic on July...
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The Big, Feminist Policy Idea America’s Families Have Been Waiting For
This article first appeared in The New York Times on June 23, 2019. Read the original here. A vast majority...
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Caregiving Advocate Ai-jen Poo: How Caregivers Can Influence the Coming Elections
This interview was first published on MariaShriver.com and in the February 2nd edition of The Sunday Paper. Read the whole...
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New Research Shines a Light on a Forgotten Generation – GenX, Millennial Caregivers ”Sandwiched’ Between Kids and Parents
We're excited to announce the release of a new report, produced with the National Alliance for Caregiving, Burning the Candle at Both Ends: Sandwich Generation Caregiving in the US, which will shed new light on the 11 million Americans caught between the demands of child care and caring for an aging parent or relative.
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It’s time to ask the presidential candidates about caregiving
The presidential debates are the biggest stage we have to discuss policy issues. It’s important that the candidates have to...
Read MoreNew Poll: Americans Woefully Unprepared for Alzheimer’s and Caregiving
Results from a Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and Caring Across Generations poll released today reveal that most Americans are not aware of the higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease among women (2 out of 3 cases), are not discussing brain health with their doctors, and not prepared for the emotional or financial demands of caregiving, either for themselves or for older family members. This is even though two in three Americans are caregiving Americans, and the average caregiver puts in 35.9 hours a week – amounting to almost a full-time job. Americans across gender, race and party lines are deeply motivated by Alzheimer’s and caregiving needs as a political issue, and overwhelmingly indicated that they would support candidates who prioritize quality care for older adults and support for caregivers (85%); funding for Alzheimer’s and dementia research (74%); access to quality childcare (68%); and universal paid family leave (67%).
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Meet Beth: Our New Managing Director, Campaign Whiz, and Family Caregiver
We’re so excited to welcome Beth Shipp as our new managing director. Beth brings a wealth of campaign management experience...
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Why Aren’t More Women Working? They’re Caring for Parents
This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Read the original here. DUNWOODY, Ga. — Aisha Adkins would rather...
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As costs mount, states scramble for new ways to pay for late-in-life care
This article first appeared in the Boston Globe on August 28, 2019. Read the original there. It’s the late-in-life financial...
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‘This will be catastrophic’: Maine families face elder boom, worker shortage in preview of nation’s future
This article first appeared in The Washington Post on August 14, 2019. Read the original here. DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Janet...
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This radical proposal would fund caregiving throughout a person’s whole life
This article first appeared in Fast Company on July 30, 2019. Read the original there. Sarita Gupta describes herself as...
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With A Projected 208% Population Growth In Those Over 85, It’s Time To Rethink Our Health Workforce
This article first appeared in Forbes on July 30, 2019. Read the original there. Between 2015 and 2050 there is...
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