Last month, at the National Kidney Foundation Patient (NKFP) Summit, caregiving took center stage as a critical yet often underrecognized part of kidney disease and transplant care. Melina Piñeyro, Senior Manager of Health Programs at the National Alliance for...
Flat funding for aging and family caregiver programs in the President’s FY27 budget proposal fails to meet the rising demands of caregiving in America. As families providing care have grown nearly 50% in the last decade, reaching 63+ million, program funding has...
The Invisible Infrastructure: Honoring Women Caregivers This Women’s History Month I never got to know my grandmother Elva. She died from cancer when I was just a baby — but her presence has loomed large in my life nonetheless. I grew up knowing her through the...
2025: What Progress Looks Like I won’t sugarcoat it: 2025 was tough. We launched our new strategic plan into one of the most difficult policy environments for family caregivers in recent memory. There were moments when the headwinds felt relentless. And yet—we...
