2/3 #caregivers are women, who sacrifice income to care for elders & kids- making it far more difficult for women to live a secure financial #retirement . employers can help address root causes & financial industry needs to make expert guidance more appealing to women. 💯

Gender retirement gap: Median savings for men reaching 65 by 2030: $269K; women: $185K. Men's social security benefit: $28.4K; women's: $21.4K. Disparities due to gender pay gap & women's caregiving which equals no income & no social security credit.
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this made me howl in laughter.

it’s old but read the answers.

Thank you Secretary Xavier Becerra for sharing your care story and uplifting the importance of care work. #CaregiverNation #CareWeek

Culturally adapted elder care from & for community needs unrestricted funds for #caregiving to work. CareWorks Fund focuses on Black women led nonprofits. Renea Banks leads her round to grow and disburse $. Pls give all our elders depend on it. (cc Aisha Adkins, MPA, CNP ABFE )

Founded by Paurvi Bhatt, MPH, CareWorks Fund transitions Fund Management across women of color who are caregivers and leaders.

We are excited to announce that Renea Banks is taking the helm as Fund Manager to lead this next phase of grantmaking.

As April marks…

“The issue of long-term care is especially resonant in rapidly aging swing states such as WI, MI & PA. In WI, the over-65 population is expected to grow to 1.5 million by 2040. In MI & PA, the over-60 population is growing faster than any other age group.” newsweek.com/sharp-reminder…

#Tuberculosis is again the number 1 infectious disease in the world causing much suffering & death, especially among the poor. This calls for more investment in R&D to develop new tools, also to use the ones we have now more widely. Jeremy Farrar USAID NIH ICMR Mark Suzman

Family caregivers are a vital part of both the U.S. and STEMM workforce. Kudos to National Academies for highlighting barriers impacting women in STEMM. Let’s continue to strengthen supports for our employee caregivers across all sectors. #WorkingWhileCaring nationalacademies.org/news/2024/04/t…

No better partners to shine a light on women-owned businesses and financial inclusion than Mika Brzezinski Huma Abedin ForbesWomen #maggiemcgrath
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Excited to launch 'Women Are Limitless', a campaign to invest $40billion in women entrepreneurs by 2033 Grameen America

In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan after a violent conflict. What is not known widely is how a team of doctors from Calcutta fought off an epidemic in the midst of this savage war, popularising something we often drink today. 1/19

Join us on 5/7! This webinar will provide participants with first steps to prepare for #climate -related threats to the health + well-being of #olderadults and their #caregivers . OPEN TO ALL!

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There's good news and bad news for caregiver support startups selling to employers.

good news:
- it's a tight labor market = employers care about employee retention / acquisition
- theres so much VC $ in the space that employers may adopt just to keep their benefits at parity

Are you an early-career caregiving researcher? Learn more about this highly-selective training workshop for early-career researchers, where you'll advance your career and the future of caregiving research and learn to work with national datasets!

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Pre-docs, post-docs, and early career faculty are all eligible to apply to this training workshop on leveraging national datasets to advance #Caregiving research.

To critically improve how care is provided in this country, the experiences of caregivers must be better understood. Thanks to President Biden, caregivers are finally being heard.

Today, the The White House hosted a convening for Care Workers Recognition Month & our Month of Action on Care.

You'll hear tornado warning sirens in Minnesota today at 1:45 pm CT and 6:45 pm CT. Think about what you'd do in the event of a tornado warning.

Important piece that focuses on #caregivers in another key system - #academia - and #STEMM Women, culture, inequity and caregiving in this sector as well. Just as we get more girls in STEM, they are impacted as women in STEMM in college & careers as family caregivers.

Thank you Secretary Xavier Becerra for sharing your own caregiver story. We know you, President Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris, have been personally impacted by the challenge of managing the care of who you love and as you stated, our economy cannot thrive without care.

Introducing a New Kind of Intergenerational Care-Based Co-Housing. Please read more from AARP: aarp.org/caregiving/hom….