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OPINION
Caregiving

Let's lift up family caregivers. The work they do is more important than ever.

Often referred to as a silent army, more than 53 million family caregivers provide unpaid caregiving services every year.

Jeb Bush
Opinion contributor

Through the past two years, we have been made acutely aware of the necessity and value of taking care of ourselves and our loved ones at home. Long-term care at home is by far the preferred choice for older adults and individuals with chronic medical and behavioral health conditions. While this was evident long before the pandemic, COVID-19 certainly accelerated the trend. 

We know now that care at home is really only made possible when family members are an option to help provide care and when we are bolstered by innovative technologies that enable us to connect with our healthcare providers. The body of evidence on the positive outcomes associated with technology-enabled health care at home has grown exponentially over the past few years.