Love Doesn't Pay The Bills: Highlighting the Value of Family Caregiving
Love Doesn't Pay The Bills: Highlighting the Value of Family Caregiving
Two Squared Media Productions
The Value of Family Caregiving Across America: With Guest Rita Choula
31 minutes Posted May 14, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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Rita B. Choula, MA is the senior director of caregiving at the AARP Public Policy Institute. In her role, she drives the development of family caregiving initiatives by providing content expertise, both within AARP and in partnership with a range of external collaborators. Her work bridges policy and research to practice, centered on identifying and supporting needs of family caregivers.

Rita shares information from AARP's Valuing the Invaluable report: American family members provide 49.5 billion hours of care with an economic value of $1 trillion.  Family care tasks include technical nursing tasks which in a paid setting would be highly paid. 

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