Family Caregiving
53 million adults in the US regularly provide care to a family member or friend who needs assistance.
The majority of care recipients are older adults. Family caregivers frequently perform heroic tasks, but are often invisible in our health care system and receive little preparation and support.
Recognizing the critical role that family caregivers play, The John A. Hartford Foundation is committed to transforming our health care and social services systems to meet the needs of family caregivers.
Our grantmaking in this area will:
- Improve the ability of health systems and providers to identify, assess, and support family caregivers;
- Raise awareness among policymakers, health system leaders, funders, and the public to drive change; and
- Create large-scale change in partnership with national efforts.