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Opinion: Family caregivers are being ignored in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work, deep in the midst of my dissertation research, interviewing working female family caregivers. I’m interested in finding out what caregiving and working during the COVID-19 pandemic has been like for them. I’m hearing stories about isolation, loneliness and excessive burden, as […]

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Opinion: Let’s stop choosing between buying food or healthcare. The urgent need for Medicare-for-all

According to a recent Colorado Health Institute report for the Colorado Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging, over half a million Coloradans serve as unpaid caregivers for individuals over the age of 50.  Many of these caregivers simultaneously work for hard-earned paychecks in jobs outside of their caregiving responsibilities. However, caregiving often has a negative […]