Family Care and Paid Care: Separate Worlds or Common Ground?

BetterJobsBetterCare: Issue Brief-May 2005 Family caregiving and paid caregiving are typically treated as two separate worlds. In reality, they often interface, with paid caregivers substituting for or supplementing family caregiving. This issue brief focuses on the intersection, what it looks like now and how it could be shaped in the future. It describes the demographic and economic trends affecting the demand and offers ideas about moving towards a new paradigm.