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the most important change it you would like to see in america? or over the past 20 years what is been the most important change in america. all this month we are featuring a top 21 winning entries. this year's first prize high school winners are 12 graders from detroit athens high school in troy, michigan or c-span is available through chymeomcast awaiting documentary talks about the challenges caregivers in america face and potential solutions to these issues it's titled unseen heroes: the caregivers of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ doctor grace british vendor teresa therapists work with the elderly a role that became vital when her mother was diagnosed with dimension 2018. >> before that had luckily moved her closer so i could help with the medical care. my dad passed away suddenly i

was thrown into the role of primary caregiver for. >> that change made grace the one out of every five americans to provide regular care to those in need. which may include preparing meals, cleaning, taking to appointments or any other number of tasks in a role that s is difficult to define as it is to perform. >> taking care of someone putting a lot of time and energy into something that's only going to get worse is emotionally draining. you have to be available 24/7 you do not know what's going to come up. especially in later stages. so to commit to a full-time job even with the laws in place to help protect caregivers is just not feasible too. >> there are 53 million americans like grace who provide vital care for their loved ones. often at a very significant financial cost. >> caregivers are more likely to experience a negative financial impact in some cases they are leaving the workforce. over 60% of care providers

provide care while working. many family caregivers because of the severity of the care need to leave the workforce. >> week took off two years to help care for their spouse the average $24000 in lost wages for. >> $324,000 in lost benefits and wages which per capita income in the united states at $41000. that is a sacrifice of almost eight years of benefits and wages for the average american. a cost they should not have to bear alone. >> we invest in highways. we invest in the internet. those things are essential to making all work possible. care is also essential to make work possible so we should think about what infrastructure needs to be in place to support not just traditional economic opportunities but really more informal economic opportunities like caregiving. that is from a financial standpoint the emotional cost of caregivers is impossible to

quantify. >> we think it is good people take care of each other. what he thinkest bad there isn't impact to the health and the financial well-being and the emotional wellness of the person doing the caregiving. it is painful to see somebody you love be sick or to lose function or to have a disability that prevents them from being able to fully participate in society. there is not a lot of support for caregivers on the emotional side projects present by and place it caregivers the national discourse but mention them at early stage of the union address let's get more breathing room to millions of family caregivers looking after their loved ones for. >> united states remains at a crossroads for how to compensate caregivers. >> is the government responsible for picking up that lack of money i would have had? we do not know but we have not decided that as a society. >> a time to decide with an aging population and a system already under severe strain is

now. >> all the caregivers in this country were to mark disappear all this focus needed to move into eight nursing home paid for by medicaid buddha bankrupted not just the medicaid program we would bankrupt. >> caregivers provide an invaluable resource to our society is time for our country to give back. first up is empathize with caregivers and valuing their service. go to her on a phone call with somebody and they say if meet 10 minutes of that to get up and help my mom goes to the bathroom. that type of transparency across generations is really new. i think younger emerging leaders are very comfortable with that. and it way that is healthy and good for the rest of us for. >> empathy is important financial support is vital united states is one of the only countries in the world that does not have paid family medical leave which means american people are often forced to choose between going without pay without providing care for a loved one in need. >> more and more states are passing state based to family

medical leave policy. what we see in those states is that caregivers particularly women caregivers are better able to provide care. they are staying in the workforce longer but they are staying with their employers longer they are able to address things like lack of secure earnings over time direct exchange of the national level go a long way down to a street and supporting caregivers and those who are supported by them. >> we are a nation of caregivers. even as we speak there are 50 million of us who are either caring as a family caregivers or as professional caregivers for a growing aging population and for people with disabilities. those numbers are going to double by the year 2050. click the aging population grows, so will our need for caregivers the near future we will rely on them more than ever. >> hundreds of years that it has been the assumption is that we would take care of the older

generation. hopefully my children will watch us take care of our parents that cycle will continue for. >> a cycle will be impossible to maintain and continue without more support from our government. in the next 20 years we hope for nothing more than our central caregivers to get more support and recognition for all the hard work they do. >> to watch at this at all winning entries visit our website at student cams.org. ♪ >> will you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to help you god? quickset it watch american history tv congress investigates as we expajor investigations in our country's history by the u.s. house and senate. each week authors and historians will tell these stories from

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