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Millions of Americans with serious health problems depend on children ages 18 or younger to provide some or all of their care. Those young caregivers may be "in the shadows," but they need support, too, experts say.

PLANO, Texas – Ronan Kotiya leans over his father, fingers wrapped around a plastic tube he’s about to slide from a tracheostomy hole in dad’s neck.

As many 10 million children in the U.S. may provide some form of care at home, according to researcher Melinda Kavanaugh.

Millions of Americans with serious health problems depend on children 18 and younger to provide some or all of their care at home.

Millions of Americans with serious health problems depend on children ages 18 and younger to provide some or all of their care at home.

Millions of Americans with serious health problems depend on children ages 18 and younger to provide some or all of their care at home.

Millions of Americans with serious health problems depend on children ages 18 and younger to provide some or all of their care at home.

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Ronan Kotiya leans over his father, fingers wrapped around a plastic tube he’s about to slide from a tracheostomy hole in dad’s neck.

Millions of Americans with serious health problems depend on children ages 18 and younger to provide some or all of their care at home.

Millions of Americans with serious health problems depend on children ages 18 and younger to provide some or all of their care at home.