Nearly 1 in 4 adults are caregivers, up 45% from the number of caregivers in the United States in 2015. AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving are calling on state and federal lawmakers to ...

Longer lives are colliding with a healthcare system built for short crises. What that mismatch means for families, costs, and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For more than 35 years, Michael Larssen worked as a senior executive in the mortgage and financial services industry. But that changed when his wife, Tracy, was diagnosed with Stage 4 ...

America has a caregiving problem. Most seniors want to age in place — to live out their years in their own homes. But for many, doing so requires help, not necessarily with medical care but with ...

More male caregivers are taking on the role of tending to a loved one – a role that may have traditionally fallen more on women's plates, a new study reports. The role also comes with its challenges, ...

America has a caregiver problem. Democrats and Republicans both want the federal government to do something to help families struggling to afford the high costs of child care and elder care. The ...

Listen and subscribe to Decoding Retirement on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. A perfect storm in American retirement planning is brewing. As the population ...

NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with clinical social worker Marie Clouqueur on what it's like to be a solo caregiver and how to navigate the challenges. Call it a silver tsunami or just going gray. The U.S.

You might think you know who makes up the largest group of caregivers in this country. Nurses? Nursing home aides? No, if we’re talking about older adults, it’s unpaid caregivers, and it’s often women ...

Many caregivers must balance working a full- or part-time job with caring for their loved ones. According to a new RAND Report, there are an estimated 105.6 million family caregivers in the United ...

America has a caregiver problem. Democrats and Republicans both want the federal government to do something to help families struggling to afford the high costs of child care and elder care. The ...