So I would say with things like medical proxy, with things like a living will, finances, to know passwords to different bank accounts, or to know what utilities, who are the companies that you have, just all these basic things.

To have that organized and to have these conversations before the conversation gets too loaded with

emotion.

Hey everyone, thanks so much for joining me today on Hermione.

Today we are talking about something that rarely makes it to our highlight reels, but actually

quietly and profoundly shapes our lives.

We're talking about caregiving.

And this conversation could not be more timely, because right now we are in the middle

of what our friends at the Alliance for Lifetime Income are calling peak 65, the period between

2004 and 2007 when a record number of Americans are going to turn 65. And they're going to keep

ongoing, which means more and more families, maybe yours, are going to find

themselves stepping into caregiving roles, often without a roadmap, resources, or the

recognition that they deserve. My guest today, Jennifer Levin, knows exactly what that feels like.

At just 32, she became a full-time caregiver for her

dad, taking time away from a career she loved, moving halfway across the country to be there

for him. She has written about the experience in her powerful new book, Generation Care, the New Culture of Caregiving.

It is a lifeline for anyone navigating care, especially younger caregivers, because as Jennifer writes,

no one is naming this problem, talking about how it feels, or offering resources to ease the pressure of

millennial caregiver burnout. So we're going to dig into it, the rage, the resilience,

and the reforms that are urgently needed to make caregiving more sustainable in America.

Jennifer, welcome. Thanks so much for being

here. Thank you for having me. I want to talk about you first. I want to talk about your experience

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