Shining a Light on Young Caregivers

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America's only youth caregiving group illumines a silent epidemic

By ASA Staff

It wasn't until a therapist asked Connie Siskowski about her experience as a young caregiver to her beloved grandfather- if she thought it was normal thing for a kid to do- that Siskowski realized it wasn't.

Early one morning, when she went to give her grandfather his medication, she found his lifeless body. Siskowski was only 13 years old.

She recalls that night like it was yesterday. Back then there was no recognition of a child's grief, or of the caregiving role, so it has become Siskowski's calling as president and founder of the American Association of Caregiving Youth …