The Bridges Between Us

← The Bridges Between Us22 May · 29 min

Close to Home: Paurvi Bhatt on Immigrant Family Caregiving, the Loneliness Epidemic, and Why Gen X Has to Start Asking for Help

Close to Home: Paurvi Bhatt on Immigrant Family Caregiving, the Loneliness Epidemic, and Why Gen X Has to Start Asking for Help22 May29 min

Paurvi Bhatt has spent her career responding to crises, from the HIV pandemic to global health financing, and has worked alongside former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on caregiving advocacy. But it wasn't until she became a caregiver herself that she understood what was missing. Paurvi grew up watching her father navigate the unimaginable: a wife in her twenties with cervical cancer, a mother dying of cancer in India, no car, no phone, and no way to reach family except by aerogram - the folded...