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Book: I Am a Teen Caregiver. Now What? (Teen Life 411) by Avery Elizabeth Hurt

​American Association of Caregiving Youth

Vision of AACY - that every youth caring for chronically ill, injured, elderly or disabled family members will achieve success in school and life | Mission of AACY – to increase awareness and provide support services for youth caregivers and their families by connecting them with healthcare, education and community resources.

Caregiving Youth Institute

​This site connects you with front-line U.S. & U.K. experts in the field of Caregiving Youth. Educators, Legislators, Researchers, Health Care Professionals & More. 

Bookend Caregiving

Bookend Caregiving Network at the NC Association on Aging | A network dedicated to improving the well-being of youth caregivers and the older adults with complex or chronic health conditions for whom they provide care.

​Family Caregiver Alliance

​Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) has supported and sustained the important work of families and friends nationwide who care for adult loved ones with chronic, disabling health conditions.

Melinda Kavanaugh | HELEN BADER School of Social Welfare

​Dr. Melinda S. Kavanaugh earned her Ph.D. in social welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her primary research area addresses caregiving youth/young carers, an isolated and little known caregiving population of children and teens acting as caregivers for family members with chronic illness.

Caregiving Youth Research Collaborative

​The Caregiving Youth Research Collaborative (CYRC) is a US-focused research network that aims to advance understanding of the lives of youth caregivers and their families.

​6 Things Nobody Told us About Caregiving

One of my personal favorite articles on caregiving - I found it very useful overall

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​Young Carers in Schools - U.K.


Feylyn Lewis - 'Who am I?': An exploration of the identity development of young adult carers in the United Kingdom and the United States


​Carers UK


​Action for Young Carers


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There Are More Than 1.4 Million Kids in the United States Who Live With and Help Provide Daily Care for Household Members With a Physical or Mental Illness, Disability, or Frailty Associated With Aging,  Disease, or Other Condition. Nobody understands a caregiver like caregivers. We created this website to serve as a resource for the understanding of the problem, and to help motivate people, and facilitate educational, government, and healthcare organizations to identify/create opportunities to help solve it.
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