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“These new regulations are a historic step forward toward a future in which our families and communities can be supported by a strong and stable care workforce," said Ai-Jen Poo, Director of National Domestic Workers Alliance and Co-Director of Caring Across Generations.

Hundreds of home care workers from California to New York and from all sectors of the industry gathered in St. Louis the past two days for a historic summit on the future of care. The Home Care Workers Rising Summit was convened by Caring Across in partnership with national labor unions, consumer and disability rights advocates, to focus on the growing national movement for quality care.

During the first-ever Home Care Workers Rising Summit, four individuals — three home care workers and one care consumer — will be recognized for their dedication and commitment to providing quality care and improving the lives of both care workers and care consumers.

Next week, on Monday, October 7, Caring Across Generations will be bringing together home care workers from all around the country and from all sectors of the industry at the first-ever Home Care Workers Rising Summit.

This past Tuesday, Minnesota's home care workers and the clients they care for won a resounding victory, when it was announced that the state's home care workers had voted to come together and advocate for quality jobs and better care for the people they serve.

ThrowbackSummer: Join us in celebrating the bonds connecting us across generations

Today’s Supreme Court decision in the Harris v. Quinn case has made it more difficult for parents and grandparents in Illinois to secure the quality care they need to live independently in their homes. Quality care begins by ensuring quality jobs, and one cannot be separated from the other.

On Thursday, June 12, we held an event with the Center for American Progress. Watch it here.

In this wide-ranging interview, Ai-jen speaks about the importance of uniting aging Americans, people with disabilities, and their caregivers in a movement centered around valuing care.

States are experimenting with innovative solutions to our care crisis. We as a nation must support them.

As pundits debate the merits of the Affordable Care Act and health care applications slowly creep upward toward 7 million, there is a little known provision in the ACA that will have a profound impact on how Ohio cares for its elderly.

Black History Month gives us a moment to reflect on the progress our country has made in the name of racial justice – and the distance we still have to go.

Watch our co-director Ai-jen Poo talk about the care economy on MSNBC

In 2013, more than 100 caregivers and care consumers gathered in DC to tell Congress that we need a long-term care system where we can all get the quality care we need.

Caring Across Generations to Host Senate Briefing Celebrating Mother’s Day & Honoring Women for Their Roles in Long Term Care by Calling on Congress to Take Comprehensive Approach to Strengthening Long-Term, In-Home Care System

To keep up with the aging population we need to transform our long-term care. But first we need to talk, out loud, about care.

There are between 800,000 and two million domestic workers, a majority of which are women, in the U.S.

We met with members of Congress to stabilize and strengthen the direct care workforce.

They work hard every day so America’s families and economy can work too.

Meet home health care aides.