January 6, 2014 | Health

Read the story and comment: One of the hardest part-time jobs you will ever have -- and the pay? Nada

SOURCES:

• Congressional Budget Office report: Rising Demand for Long-Term Services and Supports for Elderly People
• AARP: Understanding the Impact of Family Caregiving on Work
• Pew Research Center: Family Caregivers are Wired for Health
• GALLUP: Most Caregivers Look After Elderly Parent; Invest a Lot of Time
• GALLUP: More Than One in Six American Workers Also Act as Caregivers
• Caregiver Action Network: Statistics on Family Caregivers and Family Caregiving
• Family Caregiver Alliance, National Center on Caregiving

  Graphic by Elizabeth Shell