Changing How We Provide Care: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic

Coronavirus Has Called Attention to the New Challenges of Caregiving

by Amanda Singleton, AARP, October 27, 2020

It’s hard to believe until it happens to you, but caregiving and crisis can strike at any time. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced all of us to face that possibility. Since the beginning of the year, many Americans have become caregivers for the first time. And half of those have become caregivers because of COVID-19. People who were already caregivers have been affected too. Nearly half of family caregivers are reporting that their caregiving responsibilities have increased because of the virus.

I became a caregiver over the summer…[click here for the full article]