National Family Caregivers Month

November is National Family Caregivers Month, a month to recognize the critical care and medical assistance being provided by informal and often unpaid family caregivers to their parents, siblings, children, and other loved ones.

According to the AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving's most recent report on Caregiving in the United States,there are nearly 53 million caregivers caring for someone in the US. 

Some key findings from the report:

• More Americans (24%) are caring for more than one person, up from 18% in 2015.

• More family caregivers (26%) have difficulty coordinating care, up from 19% in 2015.

• More Americans (26%) are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, up from 22% in 2015.

• More Americans (23%) say caregiving has made their own health worse, up from 17% in 2015.

• Family caregiving spans across all generations, including Boomers, Gen-X, Gen-Z, Millennials, and Silent.

• 61% of family caregivers are also working.

While we want to provide information on and acknowledge and recognize the caregivers among us in the UBalt community, this newsletter also hopes to provide support in the way of concrete, programmatic resources.

For those who wish to receive help in navigating the resources on the lefthand column of this letter, or who seek assistance with finding more caregiving resources, please reach out to OSS's Stephen Mogar at smogar@ubalt.edu.

Upcoming Family Caregiver Event

Attend the 2nd Annual Family 2022 Caregiver's Conference this Saturday from 9am to 2:30pm, a free event for those attending virtually.