Jackee felt a void.
She couldn’t find the right community that truly understood what she and her family were living through as caregivers.
There are plenty of podcasts about caregiving, but few that reflect the raw, everyday reality of being the daughter, son, niece, nephew, or grandchild suddenly responsible for a parent or grandparent.
She didn’t want expert panels. She wanted caregivers.
Real stories. Real voices.
And she’s not alone.
According to research from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, there are now “63 million family caregivers in the United States, a 45% increase in the last decade.”
That’s roughly one in four adults.
Today’s caregivers are younger and more diverse than ever.
They’re Gen X, Millennials, even Gen Z. They work full-time. Some have families, some don't, some have the financial means, others struggle to support not only themselves, but their loved ones.
Life doesn’t pause just because someone they love needs care.
On average, caregivers provide 27 hours of care per week — essentially a second part-time job layered onto everything else.
Caregivers are not rare.
They are not fringe.
They are everywhere.
And their stories deserve to be heard and validated.
The After Chapter Podcast - September 15, 2026
"The No You Learned Not to Say"
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There's a version of 'no' that costs nothing to say and a version that costs everything. Most women only learn the first. Jackee de Lagarde, host of WCAM?, spent decades on the wrong side of that line, then went back and named exactly why.
This conversation, hosted by Michele Lamarre and Cecilia Nelson-Hurt, goes after the specific conditioning, cultural, gendered, inherited, that made refusal feel dangerous long before it ever felt like a choice.
Not a framework for boundaries. An accounting of what it cost to build one.
The Guardian US - August 31, 2026
"Caregiver Creep: How Helping Elderly Relatives Can Snowball Into a Full-time Job"
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In this thoughtful article by Laura House of How's Your Boomer, Laura reports about how assisting an ageing loved one can start with small tasks but may lead to full-time caregiving that requires more support.
The article features a discussion with Jackee de Lagarde, host of Who Cares About Me?, as well as fellow caregiver advocate Kim Elliott of Gray Monster.
Working Caregivers - April 2026
The Invisible Employees and Who Cares About Me? Podcast
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Jackee spoke with the Working Caregivers team, Selma Archer and Zack Demopoulos, about her journey in caregiving and how it led her to create WCAM?
careavan - A Gray Monster Caregiving Event - May 7, 2026 - Brooklyn, NY
