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One in five Wisconsinites is a family caregiver, and more than 80% of all care provided in the U.S. is by families. Sixty percent of people with disabilities live with a family member nationwide, and 25% of those family caregivers are over the age of 60.<\/span> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/respitecarewi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-Proclamation_Family-Caregiver-Month.pdf” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Governor’s Proclamation” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#79cc8c” background_layout=”dark” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLL8-AEaXXf0MexV0rj-qnz-5ocpoBxK9m” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Family Caregiver Video Series” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#79cc8c” background_layout=”dark” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One in five Wisconsinites is a family caregiver, and more than 80% of all care provided in the U.S. is by families. Sixty percent of people with disabilities live with a family member nationwide, and 25% of those family caregivers are over the age of 60.\u00a0Governor Tony Evers has issued a proclamation recognizing Wisconsin\u2019s caregivers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature","category-news","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Governor Tony Evers has issued a proclamation recognizing Wisconsin\u2019s caregivers as part of November\u2019s National Family Caregiver Month. We talked with family caregivers from around the state and put together a video series highlighting what family caregivers are experiencing, especially in light of the overall direct care shortage nationwide. Watch the 3-minute trailer below and click the button below to watch the full video series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n