The pandemic highlighted the real cost of unpaid caregiving, prompting new conversations about affordable care and proper compensation. Join Washington Post Live on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 11:30 a.m. ET for conversations about the state of caregiving and the impact on the workforce and the economy with Care.com CEO Tim Allen, Wives and Girlfriends of Spinal Cord Injury co-founders Brooke Pagé and Elena Pauly, and Marshall Plan for Moms founder Reshma Saujani.
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In a segment presented by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Regina Blye, Chief Program and Policy Officer, sheds light on the systemic problems surrounding access to professional caregiving in America and how barriers to such care impact family caregivers. Blye discusses her experiences as a gun violence survivor and a person living with quadriplegia, and explores potential legislative solutions to help ensure those caregiver policies and programs exist to help the disability community and their families.
