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2/ They had no choice. "Nobody wants to kill grandma. If any of us get the virus, she will probably get it," Choate said.https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
3/ Choate's whole life revolves around her mother: 14 hours a day, seven days a week. Even before COVID, she stopped working to stay on top of her mother's needs. Now, the pandemic has strained her family's finances. Choate is more stressed than ever.https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
4/ Choate is not alone. Almost 42 million Americans serve as caregivers for relatives 50 or over. The majority of the people doing this unpaid, labor-intensive work are women, and, on average, they are just shy of 50 themselves.https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
5/ "Caregiving is hard to start with. But given isolation, [and the] inability to access services [because of quarantine], it's made it even more difficult," said one researcher. "It's gone from a tough situation to even worse."https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
6/ Already, people who are caring for others appear less likely to attend to their own health. And now, emerging research shows psychological consequences, too. According to one August report, two-thirds of unpaid caregivers for adults had at least one mental health condition.
7/ Current data tracking mental health among caregivers doesn't account for race.
But systemic factors in terms of whom COVID most affects means Black and Latinx people in many ways face a heavier burden.
"There are these structural factors making it all that much harder."
8/8 Experts say the psychological and financial burdens on caregivers spotlights shortcomings in the nation's family caregiver infrastructure.
For now, caregivers continue to navigate this moment on their own.
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