Amazon's new Sleep Studio feature for Echo and Echo Kids devices aims to ease bedtime for children with stories, sounds, and meditations. Available with Amazon Kids Plus, it offers customizable schedules and automated routines, with content from partners like Headspace, Moshi, and Calm.
Filipino migrant caregivers in the US, crucial in the healthcare sector, face uncertainty and exploitation due to the Trump administration's chaotic immigration policies, including a controversial green card memo.
The US elder care system faces a crisis as baby boomers age, with many lacking savings and long-term care insurance. The "forgotten middle" struggle to afford care, often forced into destitution for Medicaid. The author advocates for collective solutions like day programs, worker-owned home healthcare, and public long-term care insurance to ensure dignified aging and support caregivers.
OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that allows adult users to assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns. Friends, family members, or caregivers designated as a "Trusted Contact" will be notified if OpenAI detects that a person may have discussed topics like self-harm or suicide with the chatbot. "Trusted […]
Therapist reveals how creative activities empower children to express difficult emotions that they can't yet verbalise. Simple, accessible methods like emotion drawing, collages and storytelling through art provide a safe outlet. These practices help children process feelings, build emotional resilience and strengthen bonds with caregivers while emphasising expression over perfection.
Tatsumi Hokuto, a 27-year-old former Maritime Self-Defence Force member with a bodybuilder's physique, works as a caregiver at a Japanese care home. The powerfully built young man helps elderly residents to their feet almost effortlessly, combining his passion for strength training with his job. Hokuto says his work allows him to feel his muscles are benefiting people and society.
Rita Siebenaler, 82, an advocate for immigrant caregivers at Goodwin Living in northern Virginia, joins seniors rallying outside the Capitol as the Supreme Court considers whether the Trump administration improperly terminated TPS for Haitians and Syrians. Over 300,000 TPS holders face potential deportation despite serving as critical caregivers for America's aging population.
An 82-year-old Virginia woman is advocating for Temporary Protected Status holders, particularly caregivers, as the Supreme Court considers whether the Trump administration improperly terminated TPS for Haitians and Syrians. Rita Siebenaler, whose husband was cared for by immigrant workers, argues seniors need these workers.
In a reversal from previous tournaments, companion tickets come at significant cost for the 2026 World Cup. Accessibility advocates are raising their concernsSign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletterFootball fans with disabilities are struggling to buy companion tickets for World Cup games with some seats that had been assigned for caregivers appearing to be put on general sale.The Guardian has uncovered significant issues with the World Cup ticket sales process for fans with disabilities, including:Wheelchair users who have secured a match ticket being unable to buy an accompanying ticket for a caregiverCompanion seats being made available to buy in isolation, without proof of a prior wheelchair or accessible purchase, in stage four of Fifa’s sale process earlier this monthWheelchair and accessible seating being priced higher than general admission tickets on Fifa’s official resale marketplace across a wide range of matchesAn inability by Fifa to guarantee that fans who have bought companion tickets will be seated next to the wheelchair user they are accompanying Continue reading...
Bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate would help family caregivers save more for retirement by easing contribution rules for Roth IRAs and allowing catch-up contributions regardless of age. The Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act would let qualifying caregivers contribute up to the annual IRA maximum even with lower earned income. The Catching Up Family Caregivers Act would allow caregivers to make extra retirement plan contributions currently reserved for workers 50+, regardless of age, for five years after returning to work. Family caregivers provide nearly $1 trillion in unpaid care annually.
