Senior Group Presses For Caregiver Tax Credits

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AARP finds nearly 80% of New York’s 2.5 million unpaid family caregivers pay a significant amount of their own money to help care for their loved one. The group is pushing for federal and state tax credits to help ease that growing burden.
AARP surveyed caregivers in the spring of 2021 and found that unpaid family caregivers spend an average of $7,242 of their own money to care for an elderly or disabled relative. 
The group’s New York Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy, David McNally, says the money goes to a wide range of needs.
“Over 50% of the money was being spent on housing,” said McNally, who said that includes paying for mortgage rent, or home modifications.

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