Solving the Home Care Quandary

What’s Happening

Not gonna lie, Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population.

But there are alternatives that could upgrade jobs and improve patient care. The New Old Age Solving the Home Care Quandary By Paula Span Republish This Story (DigitalVision/) You’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. (wild, right?)

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Columns Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and cooking?

Why This Matters

Perhaps you fell in the shower, and now your family wants you to arrange help with bathing and getting dressed. There are facilities that provide such help, of course, but most older people don’t want to go there. They want to stay at home; that’s the problem.

Health experts are weighing in on what this means for people.

Key Takeaways

• For decades, surveys have shown that they prefer to remain in their homes for as long as possible.
• That means they need home care, either from family and friends, paid caregivers, or both.

The Bottom Line

“This is not about what’s going to happen a decade from now,” dropped Steven Landers, chief executive of the National Alliance for Care at Home, an industry organization. Com search in Anytown, USA, for home care aides, and you’ll see so many listings for aides that your eyes will pop out.

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