Caregivers under strain
Geoffrey J. Hoffman, a doctoral candidate at the UCLA School of Public Health, is lead author of a new policy brief on the stress and financial burden placed on the state’s informal caregivers. In this brief interview, he talks about who the typical caregiver is in California, why more don’t use state services and programs, and what federal and state officials can do to prepare for a "silver tsunami" of aging baby boomers.