Caring Across Generations

Over the past few days, we’ve been sharing the research we analyzed on unpaid caregivers across the country. In Michigan, we found that approximately 1 in 5 adults are caregivers, and many are unpaid. Twenty-three percent of Michigan caregivers provide 40+ hours of care per week. We need accessible, quality care programs because care impacts us all and we cannot wait. With Michigan’s aging population set to sky-rocket in the coming years, we must ensure we all have the care we need now! Read our Michigan Care Voter Guide to help ensure you’re ready to advocate for care with your elected leaders: https://lnkd.in/eN7EEKFv #WeCareWeVote Thanks to National Women's Law Center and the entire #CareCantWaitCoalition for their support during this research process.

Approximately 1 in 6 adults in Illinois are caregivers, according to recently analyzed research data on unpaid caregivers. Illinois’s aging population is expected to rapidly increase over the next generation - likely meaning even more adults will become caregivers in the future. Similar to what we found in other states in the US, a majority of these caregivers are women. Care is a universal issue that impacts all of us at some point in our lives. NOW is the time for us to advocate for policies that make providing and receiving care easier, because we ALL benefit from more accessible care. #WeCareWeVote To advocate for care with your elected leaders in Illinois, check out our Care Voter Guide here: https://lnkd.in/efPgEbER Thanks to our partners National Women's Law Center and the entire #CareCantWait coalition for helping make this important research happen!

Paid leave will now be stronger in California! Earlier this week, Governor Newsom signed 3 key pieces of paid leave legislation into law that ensures even more Californians can access paid leave. We made this happen together: We sent over 350 messages to the Governor urging him to sign these bills into law. It just once again proves that when we’re united and take action together, we can achieve so much. Thank you to our partners at the California Work and Family Coalition who led the advocacy to ensure these bills got passed. Onward!

Did you know 1 in 5 adults in Georgia are unpaid caregivers? We found that and more when we analyzed Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data on unpaid caregivers in 4 states: Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and California. For the week, we’ll be sharing our findings on each state. Up first is our research on the great state of Georgia: We found that 20% of adults in the state are unpaid caregivers! A majority of these caregivers are women, especially women of color, that have been providing care for more than 2 years. The data proves what we already know: Care is a major part of life for millions of people in Georgia – and it’s a women’s right issue that particularly affects Indigenous, Black, and Brown women of color. That’s why we need accessible, affordable, and quality care for women and all people in the state! #WeCareWeVote With an incredibly important election just weeks away, there has never been a more critical time to have our voice heard. We’ve created a Georgia Care Voter Guide that will help you advocate for care with your elected leaders - view the guide here: https://lnkd.in/esiJPcRE Thanks to our partners at the National Women's Law Center and the #CareCantWait coalition for making this research happen!

"Long-term services and supports (LTSS) are the help people need with basic tasks of daily life…Medicare cannot fulfill its promise of health security without coverage for LTSS." Along with the renowned Judith Feder, our own Nicole Jorwic published an article for O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown on the need to strengthen Medicare and deliver for family caregivers who so often bear the personal and financial strain on their own. https://lnkd.in/e6SDwd9u

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📢 BIG news: A new study released today found there are over 105 MILLION adults giving care in the United States. That number has nearly *doubled* in the last ten years – and now more than FORTY percent of people in this country are caregivers! This finding underscores what we’ve known all along: Care touches everyone at some point in their lives. Across political, racial, and generational divides, we care for our children, our elders, disabled loved ones, and extended family and friends as a practice of our shared values. That’s why care must be accessible and affordable for everyone in this country, because each one of us will need care in our lifetimes and we shouldn’t have to dwindle our savings, sell our homes, and exhaust our resources to get the care we need and deserve. We must create a future in which caring for our loved ones is no longer an isolating experience, but a communal responsibility. Thank you to RAND Corporation for this much-needed research on care! Alongside 105 million caregivers in the U.S., we continue our fight for care, because #CareCantWait!

Sarah Jones received a well-deserved standing ovation for her work-in-progress show, ‘The Cost of Not Caring,’ at our final show in Detroit! It’s clear: across the country, among diverse audiences, these performances have been a powerful reminder that we all have care in common – and together can create a more caring future. 💖 A big thank you to our panelists: Detroit-based advocate and former Caring Across Generations care fellow Bomani Gray, Southeast Michigan Senior Regional Collaborative executive director Kristie King, our own Ai-jen Poo, and Sarah Jones. Endless thanks to Michigan United executive director Ken Whittaker for emceeing the event! Special shout out to our Michigan #CareCantWait partners: ACCESS, Oakland Forward, Mothering Justice, and Michigan Elder Justice Initiative for joining us and for all of our continued work together for care.

Imagine a world in which billionaires and wealthy corporations were taxed their fair share, so we could afford the care policies that people across the U.S. need – like paid leave, child care, and aging & disability care. Our own Ai-jen Poo presented that vision before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs earlier today. Care, like taxes, impacts *every* aspect of our lives. Congress has the power to use public dollars to support family caregivers, older adults, disabled people, and care workers who are continuing to struggle with the high cost of care. Tax reform is an important way to create a caring economy that works for everyone. Watch the video for more! #CareCantWait

Atlanta showed up (and sold-out!) our second show of Sarah Jones's ‘The Cost of Not Caring” (in-development) this past weekend. Sarah reminded us once again of the power of sharing our care stories and showed what it can look like to connect across differences to work together towards real change. Special thanks to our own Ai-jen Poo, panel moderator Alicia Garza, and panelists Sean Kelly from New Disabled South, Caring Across Generations Care Fellow Jerri McElroy, and Jacqueline Lamar from We Dream In Black - National Domestic Workers Alliance), and Sarah Jones! We’ve got one show left this Thursday in Detroit! Come on down! https://lnkd.in/e2NW_VP8 #CareCantWait #CareonTour 📸 by Anthony Truth Gary (@/SurvivalMedia)