National Alliance of Caregiving<\/a> (NAC), some 53 million Americans serve as caregivers and that number will undoubtedly increase in the wake of COVID-19.<\/p>\nSolve M.E.’s Director of Advocacy and Community Relations, Emily Taylor, is a caregiver for her mother who has ME\/CFS. She tells us:<\/p>\n
“My experiences as my mother’s caregiver have taught me that the fight against ME\/CFS looks different for each person. For me, my commitment to improving the life of my loved one led me to becoming an advocate. ”<\/p>\n
In the video below, filmed at an ME\/CFS benefit concert in Petaluma, CA, Emily shares her family\u2019s story and explains how her mother\u2019s collapse in 2008 changed the trajectory of\u00a0 their lives.<\/p>\n