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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- the only additional thing I will flag is that taking care of an older person can be back breaking work, but if it’s a relative you love, it also give a sense of closure and a contour to the end of life. I see a lot of people on this post who also recognize how much is wrong about this system, so that gives me hope.

With all the boomers retiring they really need to give a tax credit for those who have the elderly in their home, just like they give a child tax credit. [/quote]

I worry about the situation described by the poster who had an elderly relative, confined to a wheel chair being basically left alone all day while caregivers worked full time jobs outside of the home.

She had a roof over her head and food but the quality of her care was exceptionally low to non-existent.

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Ok, so who will pay for care in the home.  Its a huge issue.  If you had an issue with it, you could have offered to help.  A tax credit would not help us at all as a few thousand will pay for what a month of care at best?  What about the extra space we need due to a small house?  What about all the extra expenses like depends that medicaid covers in a nursing home vs. will not pay if at home?[/quote]

I think that most of the time in a situation like that the person is much better off in a nursing home, even if it's a Medicaid bed.  They simply require a level of care that most home situations simply can not handle.  If the elderly person falls during the day who would know?  If the elderly person doesn't take their meds or burns themselves on the stove or puts something on the stove and forgets about it - who will know if the caregiver in the house is at work? Dropping by to help every now and then wouldn't change a thing - it would still not be a great situation 95% of the time.
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