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Caregiving an Under-the-Radar Issue in OR Election
Caregiving an Under-the-Radar Issue in OR Election With the election a little over a month away, some say caregiving and long-term care are issues too big for candidates in Oregon to ignore.
There are about 460,000 family caregivers in the state providing $5.7 billion of unpaid care, according to a 2017 estimate.
Yvonne Smith, a faculty member at Clackamas Community College, said some people may not even realize they are caregivers.
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