Acknowledge the Overwhelm

Written by MP Dunleavey for The Persistent, this piece explores how women disproportionately bear the emotional and financial weight of eldercare, and offers practical advice from financial planner and author Beth Pinsker on how caregivers can better prepare for and manage the process. The article highlights some sobering figures: roughly 22 million women serve as unpaid caregivers in the U.S., and the financial toll includes an estimated $107 billion annually in lost wages, plus thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses per caregiver per year.

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