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Caregivers on the brink: balancing home care and professional demands in a system without support. By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care Caregivers across Colorado and the nation are facing a manufactured crisis. With enhanced ACA subsidies set to expire on December 31, 2025, millions of families will see premiums double overnight. For caregivers already balancing unpredictable income and full‑time responsibilities, this is not a policy debate - it is

Care Futures reframes caregiving as professional training - where lived experience meets advocacy and recognition. By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care Every day, family caregivers perform tasks that mirror those taught in Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) programs: bathing, dressing, feeding, monitoring cognition, and advocating in medical settings. Yet despite this hands-on expertise, most are excluded from formal recognition, pay, and support. At P

Care Futures: Thankful Hands, Shared Care - honoring caregivers, family, and the infrastructure of compassion this Thanksgiving. By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care When my mother fell last week, it was her caregivers - not her memory - who carried the truth into the ER. Too often, caregivers are ignored, even when they are the only reliable voice. This Thanksgiving, we are thankful that both my wife’s mother and my mother live with us, cared for in

By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care Visualizing the fragile balance between caregiving and policy in a future shaped by rising costs and shrinking safety nets. Professionals across industries are facing a hidden crisis: caregiving responsibilities colliding with rising healthcare costs and shrinking safety nets. For those balancing careers with elder care, the stakes are higher than ever. At Professionals Who Care , we believe caregiving is not a dis

Who cares for the caregivers? A vision of caregiving as the foundation of a sustainable future. By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care At Professionals Who Care , we recognize that caregiving is not a side issue - it is the infrastructure that sustains families, workplaces, and communities. Yet caregivers themselves often remain invisible in policy and practice. In our latest feature, Care Futures: Who Cares for the Caregivers , Mark Fukae - volunteer l

Shutdown ends, but ACA subsidy uncertainty remains - a visual call to action from Professionals Who Care. By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care The government may have reopened, but healthcare stability remains fragile. As Speaker Mike Johnson warned during the shutdown, “The problem is when you’re subsidizing insurance companies, they just jack the rates up even higher… So the solution is to get at the root causes.”  That skepticism underscores why th

“Shutdown Day 40: The Shutdown’s Hidden Tax” - a visual callout from Professionals Who Care highlighting the economic and health consequences of subsidy lapses during government shutdowns. By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care Day 40 is not an abstract statistic.  It is a string of household decisions: which bill to pay, which dose to skip, who misses work to drive an elder to an appointment. Amidst this crisis, a political push surfaced to eliminate s

“Shutdown Day 39 - Families First, Not Billionaire Greed. Caregivers and families bear the cost while billionaires remain untouched.” By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has now stretched into Day 39 . For policymakers, it may be another round of partisan brinkmanship. For caregivers, families, and frontline workers, it is a lived crisis - one that strips away healthcare, food security, housing, and sta

Shutdown Day 32: Care Cannot Wait.  While federal workers are promised back pay, contractors and caregivers lose income they’ll never recover. Professionals Who Care stands with those on the frontlines of the shutdown’s impact. By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care Shutdowns are not abstractions. They are direct assaults on the care economy - destabilizing families, professionals, and the systems we rely on. On Day 32 of the federal shutdown, bipartisa

Day 26: When States Lead, Washington Sleeps. 😴 This quote perfectly captures the political reality for businesses and the care workforce: "While Washington naps on privilege, states wake up to purpose-proving that compassion, not intentional neglect , feeds families." On Day 26 of the Federal Government shutdown, the ruling majority's inaction is forcing states to become the frontline defense for essential services. This isn't just a political choice; it's a direct externali

The message from the protests is clear: Demand the AUTO-CR and the Universal Caregiver Bill of Rights. Caregivers reject the 'No Kings, No Pawns' dysfunction that makes care an unbudgeted economic risk. The federal shutdown is not an abstraction-it’s a lived crisis  and a direct threat to the American workforce. For the 29+ million employed caregivers  in America, every day of political gridlock means another day of impossible choices: Do I pay for my parent’s medication or m

Your job. Your loved one's care. Both held hostage. The government shutdown isn't abstract—it's a direct assault on employed caregivers....

“Shutting Down Care: A Blueprint for Ending the Crisis of Political Inaction”  - This visual anchors our campaign against calculated...

Advocacy in Action: The PWC Blueprint for a Dignified Care Future - reframing caregiving as a strategic investment, not a cost. By Mark...

Advocacy in Action: Beyond good intentions, building real solutions. The Colorado CARE Act addresses systemic gaps to support family...

Work-life balance is a myth for caregivers. What we need is integration-a system that reweaves the threads of care and career into a...

Caregiving Under the Microscope: Your Care Story - Exploring why your caregiving journey has already begun. "Is there anything to eat?"...

By Mark Fukae - Director of Advocacy - Professionals Who Care The Universal Caregiver Bill of Rights:  A new framework that establishes...

A new paradigm: Introducing the Universal Care Continuum Model. As a society, our approach to care must evolve to meet the growing needs...

Advocacy in Action: This image encapsulates the core message of how investing in caregivers is not just a social imperative but a smart...