Barron's Cover Story: How To Curb The High Cost Of Caregiving

Ted

FYI: Caregiving starts off slow, often as a few favors or a few extra bucks. But it doesn’t take long before caregivers incur high financial and emotional costs.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.cetusnews.com/business/How-to-Curb-the-High-Cost-of-Caregiving.r1IvzQ9Kf.html

LewisBraham

What’s sad is how in the U.S. every stage of our lives from birth to death is turned into a business. It shouldn’t cost so much for an elderly person to receive decent care. The elder care business takes advantage of families at their weakest moments, knowing they will pay whatever is necessary to care for a sick loved one. It is never easy to care for an aged parent, but the fact is other countries do this much better than we do:https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/54/4/525/650763

Mark

So true Lewis. So very, very true.

bee

The Swedes get a lot of credit when it comes to eldercare. The Swedes often have to care very dangerous old people as portrayed in this movie:

davidrmoran

>> every stage of our lives from birth to death is turned into a business

the spirit of capitalism

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davidrmoran

>> arguments about the evils of capitalism make it sound like eldercare should be free.

Man, if this is for me, you are one weak reader.

As for ACA, yes, will and has.

LewisBraham

commonwealthfund.org/publications/in-the-literature/2017/nov/older-americans-sicker-and-faced-more-financial-barriers-to-care

https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2017/11/u-s-ranks-worse-in-elder-care-vs-other-wealthy-nations/

https://nytimes.com/2018/01/02/upshot/us-health-care-expensive-country-comparison.html