Elder Law Attorneys to the Rescue!
How to Help Your Kids When They Become Caregivers
According to a 2015 study by AARP Institute for Public Policy and the National Caregiving Alliance, there are nearly 44 million people in the US who are providing unpaid care for loved one who cannot care for themselves.
Our mental image of a typical caregiver is an older woman who is caring for a husband. Surprisingly, the average age is 49. Sixty percent of all caregivers are female, forty percent are male, and nearly half of them are caring for an aging parent or parent-in-law.
We saw this play out in our own family last month when four of our eight children found themselves in the midst of a caregiving crisis. […]