Generation care

the new culture of caregiving

Generation care

the new culture of caregiving
Jennifer N Levin
Book - 2025

"More than 10 million Millennials are caring for aging parents before they've been able to fully launch their own careers and consider starting their own families, and that's not including the incalculable numbers of people affected by long COVID. Yet no one is naming this problem, talking about how it feels, or offering resources to ease the pressure of Millennial caregiver burnout. Jennifer N. Levin was 32 when her father was diagnosed with a rare degenerative illness. As she struggled with few resources and little support, she created Caregiver Collective, a national online support group for Millennial caregivers. Now Levin brings the wisdom from her own experience and that of her support group to Why Us?, a comprehensive look at this generation's culture of care. Filled with the voices of caregivers, expert commentary and research, and a roadmap to the solutions that can begin helping people now as well as build the policies of the future, Why Us? addresses: The urgency of caregiving: With earlier (and better) detection of disease, along with a rise in chronic illness, the average age of a care recipient is younger than before--as is the average caregiver age. The financial costs: Millennials spend a higher percentage of their income on caregiving and carry unprecedented student loan debt, adding to fiscally devastating out-of-pocket costs for care. Ambiguous loss for caregivers: Caregiving can dictate caregivers' lifestyle choices; Millennial caregivers may grieve the lives they 'thought' they'd have. The impact of COVID and long COVID: We're in a period of fluctuation with flex and remote work, which makes work and caregiving more compatible. How can we make sure that working caregivers' needs are honored? Strategies for getting help on the individual level and in relation to policy. We, as a culture and society, talk about caregiving broadly-it's something many of us may think, "not us" or "we'll figure that out later." But caregiving is an increasingly urgent crisis. Why Us? brings this crisis to the fore, illuminates the real stories and people who are most affected, underscores the need for shifts in policy and giving support where it is most needed, and sounds a clarion call for change"--

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Main Author: Levin, Jennifer N. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Balance, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Note from the author -- Introduction -- Part One: Here we are. Who we are: A snapshot -- Identity crisis and caregiving in silence -- Part Two: Family and relationships. Who we care for -- Where we live and who we live with -- Why isn't my sibling helping? and other family dynamics -- Romantic relationships are hard and will I get to have kids? -- In sickness and in health: Caring for your significant other -- The sandwich generation gives rise to the multigenerational caregiver -- Maintaining friendships -- Part Three: How we're feeling and why it matters. Caregiving and our mental health -- We're feeling isolated and alone -- We're feeling stressed -- We're feeling guilty -- We're feeling terrified and traumatized -- We're feeling grief -- We're feeling pissed off -- Part Four: Are career and financial goals a myth for us? Care versus career (or, the career compromise) -- We're paying for it: The care cost catastrophe millennials can't afford -- Part Five: Solutions. The changes we need -- A bath bomb does not fix this: Self-care is not the solution -- How our workplace can help us (and themselves) -- How the healthcare system can help us -- How systemic changes can facilitate necessary care -- What comes next? Our constellations of care -- Acknowledgments -- Helpful resources -- Notes -- Index. 
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