Long term caregiving health status and support system for caregivers

Abstract

In the silent corridors of global healthcare, long-term caregivers continue to bear an unrecognized burden-unpaid, unsupported, and unseen. As the world grapples with aging populations, chronic illness, and fractured care infrastructures, this research thrusts caregivers into the center of the global health conversation. Far beyond acts of compassion, caregiving has become an uncompensated profession, exacting immense physical, emotional, and financial tolls-particularly on women, migrants, and marginalized communities. This paper dismantles the long-standing invisibility of caregivers through a bold, interdisciplinary inquiry and introduces the CARE-WELL Model-a ground-breaking conceptual framework that fuses Care Intensity, Adaptive Resilience, Relational Identity, Ecosystem Support, and Wellness Equity into a cohesive tool for global assessment and reform. Drawing on cross-continental comparisons and real policy gaps, the study exposes how even the most advanced welfare states fail to safeguard caregiver health, while low- and middle-income nations struggle to recognize their existence at all.