At a time when so many Americans are feeling the strain of rising costs for daily necessities, the price of home care, day services, assisted living, and nursing homes are also all climbing... Some by as much as 50% in just five years.
And when people just can’t afford the help they need, it’s families who step in to pick up the slack—adding to the feeling they’re already stretched thin for time, or money, or both.
It's a big problem, and we need to be talking about it.
America’s family caregivers need more support.
And America’s seniors need more options.
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.@P4AD_'s David Mitchell was a tireless and effective champion for patients forced to confront egregious drug prices, even as he managed his own incurable cancer. His advocacy carried tremendous weight and lent moral clarity to the urgency to lower Rx prices.
You don’t always plan to become a caregiver. One day it just happens.
I’ve lived it, and I know how tough it can be.
To everyone out there caring for someone they love, you’re not alone.
- Immigrates to US at 15 dirt-poor
- Undergrad at Hudson Valley Community College & SUNY Albany
- PhD at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- NSF postdoc at Harvard
... Nobel Prize!
A testament to the US education and research system and the US would be poorer without it!
✨From Times Square to landmark light-ups, #AARPNY marked Social Security’s 90th — bold, bright & built to move.
@AARP CEO Myechia Minter-Jordan joined members & volunteers to honor the past & protect its future. 🔗 https://t.co/k3HwF2yXX1 #SocialSecurityIs90#WeEarnedIt