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Welcome to our website!  We are glad you are here!   Sickness and illness may cause families to have to help each other.  In your family, you may help your parent, grandparent, brother or sister with things they have trouble doing for themselves, like dressing or feeding.  This type of help is called “caregiving” and it is an important job within a family.

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Some young people look after one or both of their parents or grandparents. When there is a family health situation such as from an illness, disability or drug/alcohol problem, you might find that you are doing more to help with housework, cooking or looking after your brothers or sisters. You might even help your parent or grandparent with washing, dressing or going to the toilet. Children and young people who help look after someone with an illness or a disability are often called "caregiving youth" or "young caregivers" in the United States or "young carers" in England or Australia.

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Some children help look after someone in their family by:

* Staying in the house a lot to be there for them.
*Helping them to get up, get washed or get dressed.
*Doing lots of the household chores like shopping, cleaning, cooking

...and maybe looking after younger brothers and sisters as well.

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American Association of Caregiving Youth · Welcome!


What we do:

The American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) mission is to recognize, support, and promote the awareness of dual role youth that are both students and caregivers within their families. AACY strives to raise awareness through education, research and direct services in cooperation with social, education, healthcare, government and community corporations, organizations and agencies.
 

Caregiving Youth Project of Palm Beach County

 

Who are Caregiving Youth?

Caregiving Youth are children and adolescents who are 18 years of age or younger and who provide significant or substantial assistance, often on a regular basis, to relatives or household members who need help because of physical or mental illness, disability, frailty associated with aging, substance misuse, or other condition. Learn more!

 

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