March 29, 2010 | Former U.S. First Lady Roslyn Carter may have put it best. “There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers”. More than 50 million people in this country provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The typical family caregiver is a 46-year-old woman caring for her widowed mother who does not live with her. She is married and employed. Approximately 60 percent of family caregivers are women. More than 272,000 Arkansans are currently caring for family members, putting in over 290 million hours each year, according to the National Family Caregivers Association. Approximately 10 percent of employed family caregivers go from full-time to part-time jobs because of their caregiving responsibilities.