From Checks To Care: Seeing The Invisible Work Of Family Caregivers

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by family caregivers who provide extensive unpaid care and the need for sustainable support.

Send us Fan Mail The average family caregiver provides 20+ hours of unpaid care weekly. That’s a part-time job on top of everything else in your life. And unlike an actual job: • You don’t get paid • You don’t get benefits • You don’t get vacation • You don’t get performance reviews that lead to raises • You can’t quit You just keep going because someone you love needs you. That’s not sustainable. And it’s not supposed to be. Resources I’ve Created to Help I’ve spent 15 years helping famil...

People in this episode

Host: Alexandria Edwards

Topics covered

• family caregiving
• unpaid care
• sustainability
• mental health
• support resources

Keywords

• family caregiver
• unpaid care
• mental health
• support resources
• sustainability

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