A nice article from the NYTimes

@ret2tus Thank you for the access to the article.

Thank you for sharing this very well-written article. This is the reality of many.

Caring for a loved one who is failing over many years is difficult as is caring for newborns and young children while also holding down a full time job. The problem is the numbers of people requiring care and the cost of care is growing exponentially while the workers paying the bill keep shrinking. An item not mentioned in the article.

POWERFUL article. Thank you for sharing. It could be any of our stories, changing only the length of the experience. Combining research so helpful, especially with links. I heard a speaker from MD (National Caregiving Collaborative) remark that anytime we (caregiver advocates) talk about the needs of caregivers we should in the same breath link it to the need to build/sustain the non-family caregiver workforce, too. And vice versa. They are tightly connected, as this article so vividly explains. Talking about them together could help move the dial on policy, and not just public policy but all levels. Example: training/education for family caregivers should include training for direct care workers - let’s not leave them out. It helps us all. Better together as the saying goes. Draw the circle wide.