A report released Monday by AARP's Public Policy Institute put the value of unpaid care for a friend or family member at $450 billion in 2009.

By comparison, that's more than the total 2009 sales of Wal-Mart, and more than the combined 2009 sales of Toyota, Ford and Daimler, according to AARP.

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