The 2024 Index is our most comprehensive to date and arrives at an important moment when AI’s influence on society has never been more pronounced.

The pandemic heightened awareness of the foundational role that caregiving plays in the US economy. Yet care infrastructure for childcare, eldercare, and other caregiving needs in the US today remains broken.

With rates of suicide and opioid deaths rising in the past decade and children's mental health declared a national emergency, the United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis.

Together in Healthcare: Building a Stronger Future

In November 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an increase in the age-adjusted suicide rate since 2021.

Bay Area mental health professionals are "burned out" leading to a "difficult" workforce shortage that's impacting California

ACHE's most recent Top Issues Confronting Hospitals Survey identified the following top challenges for hospitals in 2023

New research highlights a significant loneliness gap between middle-aged adults in the U.S. and their European counterparts, with Americans experiencing higher levels.

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics play critical roles in delivering emergency services to Californians.

Family members are the primary source of support for older adults with chronic illness and disability.

For the past four years, Chad Semling has coped with serious illness, including chronic infections, a weakened liver and a damaged heart.

Caregiving is an important public health issue that affects the quality of life for millions of individuals. Caregivers provide assistance with another person’s social or health needs.

The customer service representative from the energy company was asking my father this question for the third time. We were trying to transfer the ownership of his account to me, but for the third time, he couldn’t answer.

Key Findings

First conducted in 1997 by the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, Caregiving in the U.S. 2020 update presents a portrait of unpaid family caregivers.

‘Valuing the Invaluable’ documents the increasing economic, physical and emotional costs of caregiving

A new study reveals a direct correlation between adversities faced in childhood and adulthood with later psychiatric and cognitive decline.

The United States is experiencing a mental health crisis with increased levels of unmet behavioral health needs among people of all ages.