Wednesday, September 27, 2006
How the shortage of caregivers will affect upcoming baby boomers
Not to mention how it already affects those of us with disabilities NOW...like today, tomorrow...next week...
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It says that the burden of unpaid care falls on families but many of my friends with disabilities have aging parents who help them so that leads to what?
Good article. These issues need attention now. It's only going to get harder if we keep underpaying caregivers which is one issue. The other is trying to get more people interested in the field but that won't happen until there's better pay probably. They can't live on 8 bucks an hour with no benefits which is what aides here make.
I dont usually leave comments but I can't believe that article has the nerve to print that 20 per cent of adults go without help every day. It's more like 50 per cent or more of us disabled people go without help. That number is way off. Plus they say nothing about young people like us who need help now. The crisis with getting care is here already and are we the only ones who know?
My hubby and I have been the care givers to our parents, and now that we are getting older, we are taking care of each other. Our children do not live nearby. We were able to keep our parents out of nursing homes, but I'm not so sure we will be so fortunate, as we live in a rural area where there are only a few people who work as paid care givers. Just as soon as they lose one client, they are grabbed up by someone else. Some of them are getting older, too, and there are no young people taking their place.
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