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Hey everybody, it's Marielle.
Caregiving is a full time job, and it's one that more and more Americans are taking on.
In fact, the number of Americans acting as unpaid caregivers rose from 43.5 million in 2015 to about 53 million in 2020.
Before she was a reporter, TK Dutes was a health care provider.
For 15 years, she worked alongside caregivers every day to help them take care of their loved ones who might be children, older folks, folks with disabilities, folks who are chronically ill.
And she could tell that her presence offered a short and rare break for family members who were on duty all hours of the day.
On this episode of Life Kit, TK talks about how caregivers can take care of themselves.
She talks with two caregivers about what's worked for them, what they wish they'd done differently, how the experience has changed them, and how we can support the caregivers in our lives.
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Imagine this.
You're living it up in New York City six months into the job of your dreams in late night TV and you get a call that changes everything.
That's what happened to Jacqueline Revere.
In 2016.
I was on the subway.
I received a phone call from my mom's friend who said, there's something wrong with your mom.