American caregivers are making painful sacrifices, a new report says
March 30, 2016
By Rita Rubin Health & Wellness Writer
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Part of the Transforming Life as We Age Special Report
If the 15 million Americans who provide unpaid care for relatives and friends with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias received just $12.25-an-hour for their efforts, they’d have racked up more than $221 billion in 2015, according to a report out Wednesday March 30.
That’s nearly half the net value of Walmart and about eight times the total revenue of McDonald’s, according