Reflecting on 2024: Transforming How We Care

The National Alliance for Caregiving made significant strides in 2024, working alongside our partners to create lasting change for America’s family caregivers. Through credible research, pragmatic advocacy, and cross-sector collaboration, we achieved critical...

US Senate and House Introduce Bi-partisan Resolutions Recognizing November as National Family Caregivers Month

Bicameral Resolutions Follows Caregiving Fly-In Day That Brought More Than 100 Advocates to Capitol Hill Washington, DC— Today, the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) applauds the introduction of bicameral, bipartisan resolutions recognizing November 2024 as...

Elevating the Caregiver Voice in Medical Debt

With National Family Caregiver Month almost upon us, I’ve been reflecting on the stories I hear of family caregivers struggling with the costs of care, including medical debt. This is an issue that’s personal to me. My family lost my paternal grandmother to cancer...

Two Years of Progress: The National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers

From our first breath to our last, caregiving shapes every aspect of our lives. It’s woven into the fabric of our families, communities, and economy. At the heart of this vital support system are America’s 53 million family caregivers who navigate aging,...

NAC Mobilizes Support for Financial Protections for Family Caregivers

The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) is proud to announce that it has mobilized 25 national organizations through its Cancer Caregiving Collaborative and Act On RAISE Campaign in support of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed rule,...

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Elizabeth Franklin, PhD, MSW

Elizabeth Franklin, PhD, MSW, is an advocate for people impacted by cancer and is passionate about ensuring that patient voices are the north star in health care decision and policy making. Growing up in Kentucky where cancer, cancer mortality, and poverty rates...

Assessing The National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers as a Model to Inform Efforts to Advance a National Plan on Aging

The report examines the development and implementation of the RAISE Family Caregivers Act, culminating in the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. This strategy was created to enhance support for family caregivers across the United States, offering...

Reed W. R. Bratches, PhD MPH MALS

Reed W. R. Bratches, PhD MPH MALS is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), funded by the AHRQ T32. Reed received his PhD from Dartmouth College’s Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in August...

Fayron Epps, PhD, RN

Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, is a nurse with over 20 years of experience creating culturally relevant programs to reduce health disparities for underserved populations. She is an Associate Professor and the Director of Community and Research Engagement in the Office of...

Kylie Meyer, PhD

Kylie Meyer, PhD, is a Gerontologist and Assistant Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. Her program of research focuses on psychoeducational interventions to support family caregivers in multiple domains, such as...

Caregiver Nation Summit Drives Action for Family Caregivers on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON DC – The National Alliance for Caregiving will host Caregiver Nation Summit, its first-ever advocacy day and fly-in, to call on Congress to drive action on the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers and to protect funding for caregiver support.

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Debra Lerner, MSc, PhD

Dr. Debra Lerner is founder of the Program on Health, Work and Productivity, Tufts Medical Center, and Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry of Tufts School of Medicine and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Science. She has dedicated her career to...

G.J. Hodson, MA

G.J. Hodson (he/they/she), MA, is an intergenerational consultant highlighting the intersections of care and identity. Possibly the youngest dementia care scholar with both personal and research experience, G.J. was a 24/7, solo dementia caregiver for his adoptive...

Jason Resendez Named 2023 STATUS List Honoree

Washington, DC (December 9, 2022)— Jason Resendez, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC), has been named one of this year’s STATUS List honorees by STAT News. “I’m honored to be selected for this prestigious recognition alongside so many...

The National Alliance for Caregiving Responds to President Biden’s FY2024 Budget

WASHINGTON– The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) President and CEO Jason Resendez issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s FY2024 budget: From paid family and medical leave to strengthened aging and disability care, President Biden has...

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National Alliance For Caregiving Announces Staff & Board Leadership Changes

Rita Choula appointed to Board of Directors; two staff members promoted Washington D.C. – April 20, 2022 – The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) has appointed Rita Choula, Director of Caregiving, AARP Public Policy Institute, to its Board of Directors and...

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New Report Identifies Actions for Public Health Sector to Better Support Family Caregivers

Washington, D.C. – September 14, 2022 – The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) in partnership with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) issued a report that outlines immediate actions to help the public health community better serve family...

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Rare Disease Day

Rare Disease Day is February 28, 2022. Rare Disease affects 300 million people around the world, or about 3.5-5.9% of the global population. Since 2008, Rare Disease Day has been held on the last day of February to internationally coordinate on working towards equity...

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