For family caregivers, COVID is a mental health crisis in the making | The 19th
The work is grueling and unpaid. As COVID continues, family caregivers — overwhelmingly women — say the burden is driving their vote.
Shefali Luthra
143d ago
About 16% of Americans — mostly women — care for older relatives, w/o pay. It’s work that is even more grueling in a pandemic.
2/3 of caregivers reported mental health conditions. But the crisis has gotten little attention on the campaign trail.
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