The Jordan Institute for Families
The UNC School of Social Work
In 2025, the Carolina Women’s Center conducted a needs assessment of all UNC undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to understand the experiences, challenges, and needs of student caregivers. NC Caregiving Research Network member, Shelley Kennedy, the Assistant Director at the Women’s Center, wrote a summary of what they learned and shares links to campus resources […]
Highlighting Work from Our New NC Caregiving Research Network The NC Caregiving Research Network brings together researchers and partners to connect and vision about amplifying existing research and expanding our collective work to improve the health and well-being of North Carolina’s caregivers across the life course. In a webinar series to promote caregiving research, network […]
Most of us will either give or receive caregiving support during our lifetimes. In fact, caregiving is a reality for 1 in 5 U.S. adults according to 2018 CDC data. With many of our youth, adults, and elderly populations living with serious illnesses, managing disabilities, or requiring intensive support, caregiving is not a personal or […]
Caregiving across the lifecourse happens in many different forms, intensity and time frames. While caring for people with serious illnesses and people who are aging is getting much needed attention, there are many other caregiving roles we assume over time from caring for newborns to children and youth with special needs, loved ones with chronic […]
There comes a time when those who cared for us, are now the ones needing care. It’s a part of life. We grow, we age, we need work, and we care for our loved ones. Times like this are so demanding and while we cannot control the circumstances, we can work to take care of […]
As North Carolina’s population ages and rates of disease and disability rise, the demand for care giving continues to grow. Existing programs and studies primarily focus on care for children and older adults as well as for specific diseases and disabilities. Caring for others – biological family and families of choice and others – is […]
