Tag: paid family leave
In my most recent Risking Old Age in America podcast, I talk with Nicole Jorwic, Chief Program Officer for Caring Across Generations, about the challenges caregivers face, whether they are paid or unpaid. Among other topics, we discuss the conundrum that while paid caregivers are often underpaid, they are too expensive for most families to…
The answer from caregivers is clear. In the U.S. today, roughly 38 million people provide unpaid eldercare. That number is likely to dramatically increase in the future as the number of people needing care grows. One of the biggest challenges with unpaid care is…well, that it’s unpaid – and, in fact, it often reduces people’s…
