This weekend, families across the country will celebrate by going to concerts, celebrations and festivals.
Many family caregivers won’t. They can’t.
Caregiving takes those festivities off the table.
Caregiving costs the family caregiver.
It also costs the economy where the family caregiver lives.
The family caregiver spends more time advocating, assessing, communicating, deciding, managing, planning, providing, sustaining, and being present — the Nine Caregiving Domains™ that define the role.
The family caregiver spends less money in the local economy.
Soon, the impact of this will be hard for local businesses to ignore.
Reimbursing family caregivers for their professional services means the family caregiver can hire help. With help, the family caregiver can keep a life, which means going out for dinner at their favorite local restaurant.
When family caregivers thrive, our local economies thrive.
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What do you miss doing because you don’t have the time or money to enjoy?
