Who’ll Care for Aging Adults? Big Question, Few Answers

For the past few months, a friend cared for her mother through the final stages of ovarian cancer under a best case elder care scenario: 1) she is a stay-at-home mom who lived close by and had the flexibility to provide care, and 2) her mother had adequate financial resources to pay for the care she needed. Yet, the reality of elder care was, according to my friend, “a nightmare.” As I found...