Who are paid caregivers, and how are they impacting our lives?
The Realities of Paid Caregiving in the United States
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The New Face of Family Caregiving
A detailed laying out of who cares for whom, prefaced by the author’s lived experience as a caregiver.
Aging-in-Place, Caregiving and the Future of the Longevity Economy
As Medicare funding declines, tech innovators should bring prices more in line with consumer needs.
A Boomer’s Cognitive Dissonance About Caregiving
Pondering the inevitability of needing care, and setting limits.
The Identity Crisis Behind ‘Caregiver Overwhelm’: A Gen-X Perspective
Finding a way to lighten the emotional load of caregiving, while still doing the work.
Empowering Family Caregivers with Hope, Support and Purpose
On how one caregiver’s experience taught her how to live.
Rebuilding the Village
When caregiving is one’s cultural inheritance.
One Millennial’s Multigenerational Caregiving Experience
Growing up fast under the shadow of HIV.
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Inside This IssueThe New Face of Caregiving
Generations Today, vol. 46, no. 6 (Nov-Dec 2025)
The Realities of Paid Caregiving in the United States
More than 75% of older adults would like to age in place in their own homes. Doing so often requires help. At first, family members step into that role. A 2020 report from AARP estimated that nearly 48 million Americans provide unpaid assistance to an adult relative...
The New Face of Family Caregiving
I’ve been a family caregiver my entire adult life. It began at age 21 when my parents moved from Ohio to Arizona, and I started helping more with my grandparents in Indiana. My grandparents in South Bend faced Alzheimer’s and other health challenges, and, although I...
Aging-in-Place, Caregiving and the Future of the Longevity Economy
For decades, Medicare and Medicare Advantage have shaped longevity innovation, influencing systems and products designed for older adults. Traditionally, they covered skilled nursing, short-term home care and post-hospitalization therapy—services that fueled the...
A Boomer’s Cognitive Dissonance About Caregiving
“Organ recital,” announces Wendy, my oldest friend from childhood, as we set off on a birthday hike in a nature preserve near her house. We have been celebrating our birthdays together for 50 years, as preteens and then through high school, college, marriage,...
The Identity Crisis Behind ‘Caregiver Overwhelm’: A Gen-X Perspective
It was 1 a.m. by the time the crisis had quieted. I stood in my parents’ kitchen, exhausted and disoriented. My mom was furious with my dad, unable to remember why he was always checking her, and resisting the limits dementia had quietly imposed. My dad, weary but...
Empowering Family Caregivers with Hope, Support and Purpose
My introduction to the world of caregiving happened in the early 2000s, when I worked at a local assisted-living facility, joining the waitstaff as a dining room server. It was my first job—a part-time role I held as a high school sophomore. Beyond serving meals to...
Rebuilding the Village
I grew up in a multigenerational household, my extended family just blocks away. It was a village, and in that village, caregiving was as natural as breathing. Together we carried each other through milestones, laughter, illness and loss. As a child, I learned early...
One Millennial’s Multigenerational Caregiving Experience
Vanessa Font is 33 years old and has been living with HIV since birth. She cares for her mother who is age 58 and has been living with HIV since Vanessa’s birth. Her mother is also a diabetic exhibiting many of the disease’s associated ills. Vanessa watches over,...