Including the family in a patient’s treatment plan can help shorten hospital stays and assist in recovery. But caregivers often pay a price.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed tax credit is part of a trend toward public support for family caregiving.

Family caregivers who have stronger support networks and positive communication with loved ones tend to be more resilient.

A professor of child development explains why it’s OK – recommended, in fact – to respond to an infant’s every cry, sob and whimper.

Human beings evolved to nurture – and that drive can extend to children who aren’t your own and even to members of other species.

The United States has 53 million caregivers, according to the latest estimate. And COVID-19 makes what they do much harder.