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More States Are Offering Family Leave

Increasingly, states are stepping in to offer family leave options for caregivers.

Kiplinger

Hey, guys, wanna know how to diaper a baby or make a ponytail? Try the School for Men

An innovative program in Colombia gives men a chance to master the skills needed to be a hands-on dad — and become closer to their kids along the way.

WEKU

Millennials and Gen Xers might be the unluckiest caregivers in history. Here’s how their crisis is affecting every workplace

There are only 4 kinds of people–those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.

Fortune

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Booming eldercare industry, dizzying choices: 5 things to keep in mind when choosing a retirement home for Mom or Dad

What’s the difference between a retirement home and a nursing home? If you're not really sure, you're not alone.

Fortune

Millions of seniors struggle to afford housing — and it's about to get a lot worse

Baby boomers are entering older age amid a historic affordable-housing shortage and widening inequality. A new study warns many won't be able to access the kind of housing or caregiving they need.

WEKU

Unpaid family caregivers need support from federal, state and local governments

The first-ever national caregiving strategy is a roadmap to support unpaid family caregivers, the executive director of the Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chelsea Clinton is betting on a health care startup to help solve the nation’s caregiving crisis

In 2022, Clinton invested in Summer Health, a startup pediatric telehealth platform that today announced its expansion into primary care for kids through a text-based service.

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The $600 Billion Dilemma: How to Help Family Caregivers

A new report found that caring for family members creates significant financial impacts for caregivers. Here's a look at why that is and how to help.

Kiplinger

How to Approach the Caregiving Transition When It’s Time

For National Caregivers Month, this financial adviser shares her story to help others heading into the emotional challenge of providing caregiving for an aging loved one.

Kiplinger

Men say they are spending more time on household chores, and would like to do more – survey of 17 countries

Women perform between three and seven times more caregiving tasks than men in the global south. These include household domestic work and largely focus on caring for children.

The Conversation

As 2024 nears, advocates push for caregiving as campaign issue - Roll Call

Exhausted from shortages of professional caregivers, advocates argue caregivers could become a powerful voting bloc in next year's elections.

Roll Call

Menopause symptoms worsen as the number of hours spent caring for others increases, according to new research

There is a critical need to improve menopause care and to provide support for women in this transition.

Fortune

Navigating the complexities of caregiving for dementia in South Asian communities

In 2020, an estimated 597,000 individuals were living with dementia in Canada. By 2030, that number is expected to increase to almost one million, and by 2050, almost 1.7 million.

The Conversation

Millennial Money: How to manage caregiving costs for parents while raising kids

Nearly a quarter of millennials are caregivers for an adult, according to a 2020 AARP survey

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Families, states chart path forward on paid caregiving - Roll Call

COVID-19 health emergency allowed waivers permitting parents and spouses to receive Medicaid dollars for caring for the disabled.

Kiplinger

The High Costs of Senior Caregiving

Out-of-pocket costs for caregivers average about $7,000 per year. Here's how to get some help.

Fortune

The skills gap has a solution, Harvard study finds: ‘Hidden workers’ stuck in part-time gigs

“Most career paths are still very much rooted in 1960s and 1970s logic,” professor Joseph Fuller said.

The Hindu

Spare a thought for psychiatric caregivers too

Prolonged caregiving in the context of psychiatric patients can impact the psychological well-being of caregivers

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Remote work: An underestimated benefit for family caregivers

For Aida Beltré, working remotely during the pandemic came as a relief.

The Guardian - UK

‘Care bots’: a dream for carers or a dangerous fantasy?

Robots that can assist caregivers have been talked up as being transformative. But some researchers fear such technology could take more than it gives

Salon

"Community" star talks "Frog and Toad"

The actor addresses leaving "Community," how Legos help with the challenges of caregiving and why she stays PG-13

Fortune

Flexible work is feminist–and women won’t return to a system that hasn't served them well to spare the feelings of powerful men

It is hardly a coincidence that the demographic which benefited most from the old system has also expressed the most anxiety about changing it.

Fortune

How L'oreal's CHRO is using caregiving benefits to attract current and would-be parents

L'Oréal's CHRO Stephanie Kramer interviewed over 1,300 men and women about pregnancy and parenthood at work. Here's what she learned.

The Guardian - AU

As my father died, the world never seemed more ordinary – yet I was witnessing a mystery

My father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s the year I turned 18. Like most women I know, caregiving has been woven into my working life, writes the 2023 Stella prize winner

ABC News

Stella Prize 2023: Sarah Holland-Batt wins $60,000 for her poetry collection, The Jaguar

Sarah Holland-Batt has won the Stella Prize, for her "lyrical and wise" collection The Jaguar — the second year a poet has won this major award for women and non-binary writers.

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