The Story Behind the Care: A Groundbreaking Look Behind America’s Caregiving Crisis

They are the invisible infrastructure of families and communities. In hospitals, homes, and across dinner tables, caregivers hold together what our systems often fail to support.

Produced by the team behind The Gene and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, and executive produced by Bradley Cooper, Caregiving is a new PBS documentary that explores the human faces behind America’s caregiving crisis.

Through powerful personal stories and expert voices, the film reveals not just the stress and sacrifice caregivers face—but the resilience, love, and humanity that drive them.

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+wellvyl’s Take:

Caregiving is more than a medical role—it’s emotional labor, social responsibility, and connection in its rawest form.

We’re featuring this documentary during National Family Caregivers Month because it embodies what we believe at +wellvyl:

• Social Wellness is structural – caregiving reflects the gaps in how society supports interdependence.
  
• Every act of care is social – caregivers are on the frontlines of human connection.
  
• Media can educate & humanize – this film does both.
  

If you’ve ever cared for someone—or been cared for—this film is for you. And if you haven’t yet watched someone carry that kind of love and labor, let this be your introduction.

💛 Watch it, share it, and most importantly: reach out to someone who’s doing this work in real life. They deserve to be seen.

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