USA Today Caregiver Reporter Shines a Light on Everyday Caregivers

I Saved You. Now, Do the Dishes · Sep 23, 2026 · 30m

This week on I Saved You. Now, Do the Dishes., I’m talking with Madeline Mitchell, the national reporter covering women and the caregiver economy for USA TODAY.

Madeline covers caregiving from all sides. She's written about celebrity caregivers like Bradley Cooper, Emma Heming Willis, and Ty Pennington, and the everyday realities of family caregiving, including moms struggling to find resources for their children, the childcare crisis, and the enormous gaps that still exist for caregivers across the country.

And she’s noticed something that keeps coming up, no matter which part of the…