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What Germany and the U.S. Can Teach Each Other About Care
From workforce shortages to immigrant recruitment and artificial intelligence, both countries face difficult choices about the future of long-term care.
The CareWorks Project Wins Two Silver Davey Awards
Two Silver Davey Awards recognize The CareWorks Project’s website and illustrated caregiving guide in the firm’s first year.
Getting AI Right in Home Care: Supporting Workers, Not Replacing Them
Robert Espinoza from The CareWorks Project and Nicole Howell from the National Council on Aging discuss AI’s value to home care workers—the first article in a two-part series.
Why Long-Term Care Needs an Intelligence Hub
Long-term care is changing too fast to follow alone. That's why we launched The CareWorks Dispatch.
Chosen Family and the Care That Built Pride
This Substack essay explores how LGBTQ communities have learned to care for one another—and fight back—when institutions betrayed them
Reimagining Long-Term Care: A Conversation with McKnight's Home Care
In a new episode of the McKnight's Newsmakers podcast, Robert Espinoza—CEO of The CareWorks Project—spoke about the innovations needed to build a stronger long-term care ecosystem.
Long-Term Care Doesn’t Come with a Guide—So We Created One
This pocket guide makes the caregiving system clearer, more human, and more accessible. Through simple language and visual storytelling, it helps readers see how care works—and where it breaks down.
The CareWorks Project Launches to Reimagine Long-Term Care in Today’s Economy
New consulting studio and innovation lab launches at national aging conference to address growing strain on our country’s long-term care systems.
The Hidden Rules Behind Long-Term Care in America
Six dimensions of the Caregiving Divide™—and what they reveal about who we value in this country.
Rethinking How Coalitions Share Power
A framework to help coalitions move from participation to power-sharing by naming authority, defining decision rights, and building lasting structures.
Understanding Grief to Build More Human Care Systems
A reflection on how grief shapes our lives and caregiving, and why recognizing it is essential to building more compassionate systems for both workers and families.
When Fixing People Is Mistaken for Care
For care leaders, this moment raises deeper questions: who gets to define what care is and what happens when systems protect practices that cause real harm?
The Cruel Arithmetic of Care
There’s a quiet math problem shaping direct care work in this country, and most of us don’t see it until we’re inside it.
Two Countries, Two Paths to Long-Term Care
The U.S. and Germany have approached their long-term care landscapes differently—what can be learned from each country?
Caregiving Is the Story We Live Inside
A personal health crisis exposes the caregiving divide at the center of how long-term care works—and fails—in America.
‘Care, Actually’ Launches to Examine Caregiving
A new Substack focused on caregiving and the systems families, workers, and communities rely on—and where they break down.
