The U.S. is unprepared to deal with the higher demand for elder care:
In the past, Eckstrom says, the U.S. and other countries have relied on families to care for elders.
“And that is just shrinking and shrinking… probably worse here than other places in the world, but happening everywhere,” she says. Have you had trouble finding a caregiver? Or struggled to care for a parent on your own? Tell us your story in the comments.“When I travel around the world, I notice that other places still have a family infrastructure that allows for some elder care. But here in the U.S., it's very fragmented and almost gone. So instead we rely on paid caregivers, and there just aren't enough of them. And one of the things is that it requires a fair bit of training and yet the pay is extremely low.
On whether there are public health implications for inexperienced families caring for their aging loved ones “I think people are trying their hardest most of the time. One of the things that we highlighted in our book"The Gift of Caring,” was that even my co-author– who is very savvy, you know, a really smart woman – she felt so many times that she just didn't know the right answer. She's highly educated and just [found herself] in these conundrums where she didn't know what to do. And you know, that was after she had basically sacrificed her own career during that period of her life.
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