The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers reimagines how to support family caregivers so they can do more than just try to keep up – they can thrive.
There are 105 million Caregivers in the United States who are currently caregiving for someone who is aging, ill, or disabled.1 Caregiving is a universal issue – everyone in their lifetime will receive or give care.
The need for care in the United States is outpacing what we can manage.
We need solutions that support family caregivers across families, cultures, and socioeconomic status.
For many of us, being a family caregiver is a meaningful experience, and providing care has inherent difficulties because our systems are not set up to support family caregivers – yet.
The urgent needs facing family caregivers need systems and resources built and informed by the expertise of caregivers.
We aim to advance collaborative solutions rooted in evidence, driven by caregivers, and focused on achieving sustained impact.
To change systems we:
Focus Caregiver Insights
We thoughtfully engage caregivers to identify an unmet need, centering their insights and experiences to shape our understanding of the challenge and approach to addressing it.
Conduct Research
We conduct collaborative research to codify evidence of key issues, understand systemic barriers preventing the caregiver need from being met, and inform innovative solutions targeting systems-level change.
Develop Scalable Solutions
We design, develop, and test an evidence-based solution that can be successfully embedded into the targeted system and effectively scaled to meet the unmet need of more caregivers in more places.
Convene Cross-Sector Leaders
We engage influential leaders from across sectors to increase the adoption and advancement of the caregiver-driven solution, catalyzing fundamental and sustained change to an existing system to better support caregivers.
Our Founder
Former First Lady of the United States