Gina cares for four people in total: two of her five children and both of her parents. Gina has a 14-year-old son with undiagnosed schizophrenia and diabetes, an 11-year-old son with autism, a father with heart disease, and a mother recovering from a brain tumor....
Letty’s mother, who had dementia, has since passed on, but Letty still cares for her father. Letty herself is suffering from health issues on top of the support she provides to her parents, and finds it difficult to find the time and the ability to travel to and from...
In 2016, Allen and his wife adopted three sibling sisters from India and began the process of building a loving home. Tragedy struck in 2018 when Allen’s wife discovered that she had Stage IV cancer. Sadly, after a short but “hard shot” battle, she passed away in...
The National Alliance for Caregiving’s Circle of Care library is a series of guidebooks dedicated to providing resources, support and information to caregivers caring for someone in a specific disease space. Currently comprised of three guidebooks, the series is an...
Innovation Collaborative Connecting for Change The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) Innovation Collaborative is a network of national leaders, experts, and influencers working together to identify, strategize and address complex issues of caregiving across the...
Medical Product Development Family Caregiver Roles in Research Innovation Although families and caregivers are essential partners in the delivery of health care and have valuable perspectives, their roles are not well incorporated in health care systems. NAC aims to...
For most of American history, family caregiving didn’t have a name, a number, or a seat at the policy table. It was simply what families—mostly women—did behind closed doors. It was the daughter driving her father to chemotherapy, the spouse managing complex...
