While the work of unpaid caregivers is deeply undervalued, paid home care workers struggle too. More than 40 million people provide unpaid care for adults. Of the estimated 48 million people caring for adults, about 41.8 million provide unpaid care, just like my mother. While the work of unpaid caregivers is deeply undervalued, paid home care workers struggle too. Unpaid family caregivers start to see the work they do as worthy of payment.