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CaregivingNew Report on Caregiving Warns of Looming Crisis for Baby BoomersA comprehensive report by The Caregiving Project for Older Americans, reports that demographic and social trends are reducing the available pool of family caregivers, who by far are the greatest source of care to impaired older adults. The so-called sandwich generation, those responsible for raising children and caring for aging parents, have been especially hard-hit by these trends. “There is a growing gap between caregivers and the accelerated need for them,” says Dr. Larry Wright, Co-Director of The Caregiving Project for Older Americans. “The material presented in this report clearly outlines the looming national crisis that threatens to undermine the health the millions of aging Americans.” Report International In ScopeCaregiving in America contrasts the U.S. with nations such as Japan, Germany and Austria who have handled the caregiving challenges of a rapidly aging population by adopting universal systems of long-term care. More then 12 million people in the United States, about 80 percent of whom are age 50 or older need some form of long-term care. Many of those in need of care go without it—about 20 percent of adults needing assistance are unable to find either paid or voluntary help. To read more, click on our Related Links, below. Back
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