Expert Commentary
Care Economy
What family care costs, who pays for it, and who does the work.
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The care economy is often discussed in the language of policy and markets. What gets lost is how those systems land inside a household: the tradeoffs families make, and the people, frequently unseen, who do the work of care.
Tammy speaks to the human side of the care economy, grounded in how families and caregivers actually experience it.
Inside a household, the care economy shows up as a series of tradeoffs. A parent weighs a nanny against daycare against cutting back hours. An adult child weighs in-home help against a move, and both against their own job. A professional caregiver weighs one placement against another that might be steadier. Tammy speaks to those tradeoffs concretely, without reducing them to a price comparison.
Coverage that stays at the level of systems can make family care sound abstract. Tammy connects the larger conversation to the decisions a working parent or adult child is making this month, which helps audiences see themselves in the story.
She can also speak to how organizations fit into that picture: employers designing caregiving support for their workforce, care platforms building products for families, and agencies and marketplaces placing professional caregivers. Her focus stays on what helps families and caregivers make sound decisions.
For producers and editors
Angles She Can Speak To
What family care really costs
The financial, career and emotional costs families weigh, beyond the price of a service.
Who pays for care
How the cost of care is shared among families, employers and caregivers themselves.
The people who do the work
The professional caregivers behind family care, and what supports steadier, more respectful placements.
Care as a workplace issue
Why caregiving shows up at work, and what organizations can reasonably do about it.
Where care platforms fit
What technology and marketplaces can change in the care economy, and what they cannot.
The unpaid work of families
How the care that relatives provide without pay shapes careers, relationships and households, and why it deserves more recognition.
Placement is not the finish line
Why caregiver placement is better treated as the start of a care system, with onboarding and support, than as a one-time transaction.
When an arrangement breaks down
What families lose in time, trust and continuity when a care arrangement fails, and why careful planning is part of what care really costs.
What She Brings
Tammy has twenty years of experience working with families, caregivers and organizations across the caregiving landscape. She speaks to economic questions through the lens of real household decisions, not policy positions.
Through Care Map Expert™ she advises employers, health tech and care platforms, and caregiver agencies and marketplaces, alongside her family consulting. She has been featured on NBC's Today Show and Good Morning America and in The New York Times, and was a featured expert in recent Care.com and Babylist coverage of childcare.
She is available for broadcast segments, print and digital interviews, podcasts, panels and keynotes. Send the outlet, the angle you have in mind and your deadline through the contact form, and note whether the piece is live, taped or written. She can prepare focused talking points for a specific angle.
Media commentary is educational. It does not create a therapist–client relationship, and no client stories or identifying details are ever shared.
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Related Pages
- Corporate Caregiving Program
Caregiving support across the employee lifespan, from working parents to aging parent planning.
- Staffing + Caregiver Training
How agencies and marketplaces can turn caregiver placement into a complete care system, with training and onboarding.
- Health Tech + Care Platforms
Clinical advisory for teams building family and caregiving products around what people actually need.
- The Caregiving Crisis Is a Workplace Crisis
A talk for leaders on seeing care load and choosing workplace support that fits real decisions.
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