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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "people" who care for elderly people at home are nearly always women, and many of this women end up quitting their own jobs and sabotaging their own futures in order to do so.  We act like this is natural and like it doesn't harm anyone.  This isn't true.  it's exhausting, thankless work and many of the arguments about the second shift and women doing twice as much around the house that occurred when there were young children in the home can resurface again when there are elderly people in the home requiring care.  Scenarios like a guy who still golfs every Saturday while his wife stays home to look after his elderly mother and father.  Women who spend years doing a second shift in their twenties and thirties and then again in their own fifties and sixties.  Women who don't go to their own doctor's appointments because they can't find a babysitter for mom, so mom gets medical care while her daughter ends up with some undiagnosed disease until it's too late. It's amazing how often we undervalue women's labor and overlook the sheer amounts of work they do. [/quote]

So true. I cared for my mom for almost 3 years during her battle with leukemia. Is exhausting and you absolutely end up burning out. She has passed and I’m still dealing with getting myself back on track six months later.

I’m a single mom with an only child - I absolutely do not want to burden him and would rather pass on with dignity before it gets to the point of having to be in a home or under constant care.

And Medicaid facilities are awful - I’ve witnessed a family member go through it and don’t wish it on anyone. People are so poorly treated 😔[/quote]

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