Jason Resendez is the President and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, where he leads research, policy, and innovation initiatives to build health, wealth, and equity for America’s 53 million family caregivers. Jason is a nationally recognized expert on...
When Hailey’s daughter was born, Hailey instantly became a caregiver. Upon her daughter’s birth, doctors had to remove about 98 percent of her intestines, and only gave her a few weeks to live. They did not explore any options on how to help her. Hailey and her...
President and Founder American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY). Educated at Johns Hopkins, New York University and Lynn University, her doctoral research uncovered the high prevalence of caregiving by students in Palm Beach County, FL. In 1998 she established...
Pedro is originally from Brazil, and moved to the United States when he was 21. While he lived in Brazil, he was a caregiver from the age of 12 for his grandmother, who had pulmonary fibrosis. Pedro was one of several family members who cared for his grandmother, but...
When Rey immigrated from the Philippines in 1989 as a teen, he made his home in Los Angeles, earned his MBA, and worked in biotech at a Fortune 500 company. In 2014, Rey’s father had a stroke, and Rey left LA for to St. Louis to take care of him. Rey now lives with...
Karen has the mindset that you do what you can to help family, so she began to do the shopping and other small tasks for her mother in 2010. In addition, Karen has a background in finance, so she helped her mother, aunt, and uncle with their finances. By 2016, Mimi...
Myra is a care partner to her husband, who was diagnosed with lung cancer about a year ago. She and her husband are a team, so Myra never questioned that she would be the one helping with his care. She’s also never considered the term “caregiver” to apply to her,...
Sheryl’s husband has dementia and Parkinsonian symptoms. Sheryl does everything in the household from finances to house repairs and cooking, cleaning, and maintaining their way of life. Sheryl has found it hard to take over her husband’s duties as well as her own. Two...
In 2011, Jennifer H. first noticed that her mother was having trouble with her short-term memory. Jennifer didn’t believe it was serious at first, but, over time, her mother’s condition escalated to include paranoia, getting lost or confused easily, suffering from...
A recent high school graduate, Gabe grew up in a household with his mom, 3 siblings (he is the youngest), and his grandpa who had a serious mental illness. Gabe spent much of his childhood helping around the house and caring for his grandpa. Being a caregiver at such...
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...
Now in their 80s, Les and his wife have been together since they were 16 years old. In 2014, his wife began having cognitive impairments and, through several tests, it was determined that she had Alzheimer’s disease. Her diagnosis was caught early. Over time, as her...
Washington, DC (December 9, 2022)— Jason Resendez, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC), has been awarded the 2022 Service Award for Caregiving from the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) in recognition of his work to build equity...
