The Care Movement's Time Has Come: It's Personal to Me

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21. Kamala Harris announces a plan to support caregivers as the U.S. faces a childcare and eldercare crisis. The Care Movement's time has come and as a sandwich-generation dual caregiver, I'm here for it.
This summer, a staggering study revealed the cost of childcare in all 50 states was more than two months of rent. Organizations like Moms First pushed CNN to center the care crisis on the presidential debate stage. And this past week, Vice President Kamala Harris announced her policy plan for Medicare to cover in-home healthcare—a game changer for family caregivers, up to 70% who are women.
This is personal to me. In Episode 21, I open up about the day-to-day challenges of a week in the life of a working family caregiver with children living at home. Just how isolating, deflating, and impossible it can feel to be a family caregiver without caregiver support in the U.S. My care journey has lit a fire in my belly to help women in the same position advance their careers with time for their new caring responsibilities. Job sharing is one way caregivers can manage their careers and care without waiting on systemic change.
In episode 21, I delve into how care policies for childcare and eldercare can impact gender equity in the workplace and improve caregivers' lives. I also share another childcare catch-22 recently laid-off mother Paige Connell called out on LinkedIn about the tough decision families face on whether or not to keep their kids in daycare when one parent is laid off.
Bottom line: The U.S. has a care crisis, women are fed up, and with an election in the coming weeks, your vote is your voice and care is on the ballot.
Links Mentioned:

• FREE Guide: The Work Muse Guide to Job Sharing: The Step-by-Step Blueprint to Creating a Successful Job Share
• Family Caregiver Alliance statistics
• Childcare costs more than two months' rent in all 50 states
• Moms First
• Chamber of Mothers
• Caring Across Generations
• Moms Rising
• The Care Gap
• Fair Play
• Paige Connell's LinkedIn post
• Paige Connell's Instagram
• Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work
• Work Muse Instagram
• Work Muse Linked

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