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Episode 18: Family Caregivers Spend $7,200 a Year. Here's How to Plan for It
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More than 59 million adults in the U.S. care for a family member or friend, and most of them never call themselves "caregivers." In this episode, Kwame speaks with Rita B. Choula, Senior Director of Caregiving at the AARP Public Policy Institute and co-author of AARP's *Valuing the Invaluable* report. She also brings the perspective of someone who cared for her own mother for 15 years while raising two young children.
Rita explains why family caregivers now provide an estimated $1 trillion of unpaid care a year, and what that care actually involves today, from managing…
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