As Americans live longer, that silver tsunami you've heard about is sweeping people into a new role as a family caregiver. Schall said, often, it's a woman in her late 40s with a full-time job—and kids, and usually she's caring for a mother or a mother-in-law. But that image is changing. Now 40 percent of caregivers are men, and more millennials help care for someone at home, he said.
It's an area of American life where the responsibility—and sacrifice—is becoming more equal.
About 44 million Americans are unpaid family caregivers—sometimes for a child with special needs, more often for a frail older adult - according to a 2015 estimate from the National Alliance for Caregiving.
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