‘Carefluencers’ are helping older loved ones, and posting about it


Reyes posts photos and videos chronicling his life with his grandmother on a private Instagram account.- Photos: The New York Times

On the east side of San Jose, California, there is an abuela who seems to have more grandchildren than she can count.

“A lot of people see me and they hug me,” Mardonia Galeana, 89, said in Spanish. “I don’t even know them, but sometimes they ask me for a blessing on the street and I do the best I can on their forehead.”

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