Emmy Award-winning actress Uzo Aduba cared for her mom, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, for 495 days.
But for a while, Aduba never considered herself a caregiver.
“One day our mother was fine, and then one day she wasn’t," Aduba told USA TODAY. "So in the middle of ‘wasn’t,’ you’re just trying to figure out how to assemble the pieces to keep life as quote-unquote 'normal' as possible.”
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Aduba said she always associated the term "caregiver" with medical staff. Now, she knows there are millions of caregivers across the country with no medical training, who − like her − were thrust into caregiving roles without warning once their loved one got sick.
