More Than 1M Caregivers in U.S. Are Children

More than one million U.S. children ages eight to 18 care for relatives who are ill or have disabilities, according to the first study to examine child caregivers in the U.S. The study, financed by the Administration on Aging, will be presented at a conference Friday (September 16, 2005) by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the United Hospital Fund. The study is based on two surveys by Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc. Gail Gibson Hunt, president of NAC, is lead author and Carol Levine of UHF is co-author.