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Caregiving
I became a caregiver in my late 20s — and found little support to guide me
My employer offered no voluntary benefits for family caregivers and less than half of the paid leave it offered to new parents. The best professional advice I found was helpful, but expensive.
In the face of an eldercare crisis
The number of people needing care is far outpacing the number of available care workers.
Bringing home care up to scale
Home care is a growing, but fragmented industry. It needs to scale up along with the generation it serves.
Caregiving is a critical service under stress
Caregivers help with injections and infusion pumps. They operate ventilators, home dialysis, and feeding tubes. They manage care of post-surgical incisions and other wounds. And they need help.
There’s an innovation gap in caregiving
Providing care is not only necessary for a decent quality of life and a functioning society; it also is, and always has been, a cornerstone of the human experience.