Please support Credit for Caring Act

Caring for a loved one living with dementia often takes a significant financial toll on families. In 2024, over 369,000 Alzheimer’s caregivers in Tennessee provided 499 million hours of unpaid care, valued at nearly $7.8 billion.

Of the total lifetime cost of caring for someone with dementia, 70% is borne by families — either through out-of-pocket health and long-term care expenses or from the value of unpaid care. My family understands firsthand the personal and financial impact of this disease. We had our mom and stepmom battling Alzheimer’s (at the same time and in two different states).



And there was a lot of juggling both financially and geographically. The bipartisan Credit for Caring Act (H.R.

2036 / S. 925) will create a new, non-refundable federal tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligible family caregivers. This initiative is too late for my family.

But it will make a huge difference for those unpaid caregivers currently caring for a loved one. Please join me and the Alzheimer’s Association in encouraging Congresswoman Harshbarger, Senator Blackburn and Senator Hagerty to support the bipartisan Credit for Caring Act. To learn more about this disease and how you can join the fight to end Alzheimer’s, visit alz.

org . Barbara Sapp Kingsport.