In Tuesday’s #SOTU, Pres Biden highlighted the importance of family caregivers, saying:
“Let’s get seniors who want to stay in their homes the care they need to do so. And give a little more breathing room to millions of family caregivers looking after their loved ones.”
48 million Americans help take care of spouses, parents and other adult loved ones.
On average, they spend 24 hours/week on care activities – the equivalent of an unpaid part-time job - while also shelling out an avg of $7,000/year on care expenses.
Mar 26, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Happy to join @FORBES@mcgrathmag today for an important conversation about working family caregivers.
COVID has shined a light on family caregivers and really put it into focus. 48 million Americans help care for aging parents and other adult loved ones, and 60% of them work.
Employers are noticing that their employees have a second job