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Jamie Lee Curtis, Angela Bassett and Nicole Kidman soared to new heights at the Academy Awards

Directives expand access to affordable, high-quality care and assist family members and workers who care for older adults

In the late ’80s and ’90s, there were four models that captured the public’s attention — and the covers of every magazine around the world: Cindy Crawford, 57, Linda Evangelista, 58, Naomi Campbell, 53, and Christy Turlington, 54. With unique looks, diverse upbringings and oh-so-much style, the fab four were the first models to be elevated to heady “supermodel” status and all the money, power, pitfalls and opportunities that come with it. In the four-part documentary The Super Models, debuting S…

Family caregivers got the chance to laugh and receive some expert tips and advice at “Care to Laugh: Juggling Caregiving With Humor and Help,” AARP’s first town hall dedicated to the complicated issues surrounding caring for loved ones and friends. Host and comedian Jesus Trejo — the subject of AARP’s 2018 documentary Care to Laugh and a millennial caregiver for both his parents — performed his caregiving-based stand-up comedy for the live and streaming audience of thousands, followed by a Q&A r…

Family caregivers got the chance to laugh and receive some expert tips and advice at “Care to Laugh: Juggling Caregiving With Humor and Help,” AARP’s first town hall dedicated to the complicated issues surrounding caring for loved ones and friends. Host and comedian Jesus Trejo — the subject of AARP’s 2018 documentary Care to Laugh and a millennial caregiver for both his parents — performed his caregiving-based stand-up comedy for the live and streaming audience of thousands, followed by a Q&A r…

There’s a crisis in America and Lisa Ling wants to sound the alarm. The journalist and CBS News contributor, 50, is one of the millions of Americans who are sandwich generation caregivers, providing aid and support for aging parents while still in the thick of raising young children — in her case, two girls, 11 and 7. Ling’s “funny, outgoing” father died in November after many years of support and in-person and long-distance care. And then, without taking a breather, she and husband Paul Song, 5…

The ‘CBS Mornings’ coanchor says: ‘I don’t have hang-ups about my age’

Tim Daly knows that everyone is going to need some help someday. It’s a normal part of growing older. That’s why, the Madame Secretary actor says, it’s of vital importance that we all start addressing issues related to aging now. As president of The Creative Coalition, a nonprofit organization made up of prominent members of the arts and entertainment community, he leads the group on nonpartisan issues that “are underserved ... or need discussion. And that’s why we partnered with AARP to talk ab…

Marg Helgenberger’s personal experience with caregiving came early but was clearly impactful. The CSI: Las Vegas actress was in college at Northwestern when her mom, Kay, was diagnosed with breast cancer and needed a double mastectomy. Helgenberger spent her summer months away from school driving her mom to and from doctor appointments. Soon after, her father, Hugh, a federal meat inspector who had opened his own custom meat plant in North Bend, Nebraska, started having a series of health issues…

The ‘Deadpool’ star shines a light on the strains of caregiving