
Health Policy Corner: Supporting Informal Caregivers
By Ranak Trivedi, PhD and Ambri Pukhraj, MS An aging society places increasing emotional, physical, and financial demands on informal caregivers. These are family members and friends who provide significant, unpaid help to patients suffering from illnesses. This is not a trivial issue since 50 million Americans identify as informal caregivers and together provide $470 billion worth of unpaid services.1 Reliance on informal caregivers is set … Continue reading Health Policy Corner: Supporting Informal Caregivers