Introduction to Family Caregiving Family caregiving involves providing unpaid assistance to family members or loved ones who need support due to illness, disability, or the effects of aging. If you find yourself running errands, helping with daily tasks, or managing medical appointments for someone you care about, you are a family caregiver. This role [...]

How many family caregivers are there in the U.S.? Are there 22.4 million, 25 million, 52 million or 54 million? What is the origin of the disparity between these numbers? The reality is that they are all correct in the context of the information presented and the processes used for data collection and reporting. The [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2022 Community Care Corps Funds Volunteer Models to Aid Family Caregivers, Older Adults, and Adults with Disabilities Community Care Corps is pleased to announce the funding of innovative local models across the country using volunteers to help family caregivers, older adults, and adults with disabilities with nonmedical assistance to maintain independence in their own [...]

Caregivers have been overlooked by VA over the years, but those days are over, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Oct. 29.Speaking at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation’s Sixth Annual National Convening, McDonough said one of VA’s most important jobs is to support caregivers.“Our job at VA and EDF is to help those caregivers to find ways [...]

At Caregiver Action Network, we are family caregivers too, so we get it. Caregivers are great at planning ahead and managing unexpected health crises, but with COVID-19 there wasn’t time to plan and it’s hard to keep track of the rapidly changing, and sometimes conflicting, information available. We have been dealing with this pandemic for [...]