The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America’s elderly
Posted on AllSides August 26th, 2021
From The Left
ANALYSIS
As millions “age in place,” millions more must figure out how to provide their loved ones with increasingly complex care.
When Laura sent me an email in early August, the first thing she did was apologize. “Please excuse how inelegant and disjointed this will be,” she wrote. “It matches my brain after being a caregiver since 2013.”
In 2013, Laura was several decades into a career as a marketing consultant. Her work was rewarding and challenging; she felt like she got to be creative every day and was never bored....