Caregiver Teleconnection

“Getting Real” is the only Solution

An estimated 48 million adults in the US, almost 20% of our country provide informal care to an adult with physical or mental health needs. This unpaid work, which includes everything from trips to the doctor to feeding, bathing, and toileting, has been valued at almost 500 Billion dollars. Even in the best of times, the vast majority of this work is invisible and under supported, leaving millions of caregivers struggling in silence. The Covid-19 pandemic pushed many caregivers into crisis.

And while Covid-19 vaccination has helped some Americans experience a joyful summer, a large number of caregivers are still at home, struggling with the fallout from ongoing isolation, anxiety, and lack of support.

This presentation exposes a national failure to support this vital part of our society — one that many of us will depend on at some point in life and what we need to do to support our own mental health in the face of this new Normal using tried and proven straight forward “Getting Real” tools as our only true solution.