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Caregiving

If you provide assistance to a chronically ill, disabled, or older family member or close friend, you are a caregiver. You are one of the 22 million Americans who care for an older adult.  Caregivers provide 80 percent of in-home care, but unlike nurses and home health aids, they are unpaid for their labor of love.