John,

Next week’s Democratic Presidential debate will feature something we haven’t seen in years: An all-female moderating team.

Having only women asking questions means that there’s a good chance that the conversation may reach some new topics, including how to make life easier for caregivers and those who need care.

But we still need to make sure a question about caregiving is submitted ahead of the debate on November 20. That's why we need your help today. If you had the chance to ask just one question of the presidential candidates about caregiving, what would it be?

Tell us what caregiving question you would ask the presidential candidates.

Over the next few days, we’ll read all of the submissions you send in, and at the end of the week, we’ll send out an email asking you to vote for your favorite. Then, next week, we’ll ask you to join us in flooding the question submission page with our question.

The moderators for the next debate, which will be held on November 20, will be Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell, Kristen Welker, and Ashley Parker.

A new poll released this week, which was commissioned by Caring Across Generations and the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, shows that women are more likely than men to be caregivers (55% to 40%), more likely to take on the bulk of caregiving (50% of women spend 21 hours per week or more caregiving, vs 35% for men), and more likely to feel stressed (44% vs 30%) and overwhelmed (42% vs 25%) by their responsibilities.

Of course, simply having women moderate a presidential debate does not automatically mean that the questions will be substantially different than they have been in previous debates. That’s why we need your help.

Submit your suggested question for the next presidential debate today.

Together we have a fighting chance to give issues important to caregivers the national stage they deserve.

With care,

Beth Shipp
Managing Director
Caring Across Generations

PS — Want to see more results from our poll with the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement? Full poll results are available on our website.