What is the Caregiver Crisis?

Posted on June 13, 2026 by CorpWell Foundation

In 2015, the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP estimated that 43.5 million people provided unpaid care. By 2025, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health projects this number will rise to 53 million. These caregivers make up most of the 63 million family caregivers in the United States, nearly one in four adults, who provide ongoing care for complex medical conditions or disabilities. (Reinhard et al., n.d.)

The financial impact is significant, particularly from wage losses. A 2024 study by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health estimates that unpaid caregiving accounts for about $873.5 billion in uncompensated labor. (McHugh, 2024) Although caregiving is often seen as a family duty, it frequently imposes substantial physical, mental, and financial burdens on caregivers. (ME et al., 2017). Read more

Repurposing for an OASIS

Posted on June 5, 2026 by CorpWell Foundation

NEWS from the Foundation:

The Chapel 1871 project is moving forward — and picking up speed.

As CorpWell Foundation’s flagship preservation project in Vermont, Chapel 1871 in North Clarendon represents everything we believe about historic places. We believe they are not relics. They are living resources with the potential to teach, connect, and serve communities for generations to come.

This spring, we have meaningful progress to share — across leadership, funding, building safety, and community partnerships.

Strong Social Ties Slows Biological Aging

Posted on May 30, 2026 by CorpWell Foundation

A new medical study found that adults with close relationships and community ties experienced slower biological aging and less chronic inflammation.

Experts say that you should view loneliness just like you would hunger or thirst: a signal that you’re lacking something essential for your health.

Having a rich social life may do more than brighten your days—it could also help slow biological aging, according to a new study.

Co-authors of the study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, included Laura Kubzansky, professor of social and behavioral sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and researchers from Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.

Drawing on data from more than 2,100 participants in the long-running Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) project, researchers discovered that adults with higher cumulative social advantage—meaning long-standing, robust relationships with family and friends and in religious and community groups—had biological markers showing slower cellular aging and reduced levels of chronic inflammation as compared to their less-connected peers. Read full study

How does our current aging approach of displacing older adults or ourselves contributes to these new findings? What are your thoughts? Join the conversation