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According to the Caregiver Action Network, more than 65 million Americans devote an average of 20 hours each week (13 percent of whom provide 40 or more hours) to providing free primary care for an adult relative or loved one.

Unfortunately, these selfless acts of caring for others can come at a high price, with 40 to 70 percent of family caregivers showing “significant symptoms of depression” and between 25 and 50 percent meeting the diagnostic criteria for major depression. That doesn’t even include the physical toll caring for another adult takes on the body as well.