Tag: formal long-term care
People are really confused. We’ve embarked on a host of studies about long-term care. One component of that effort is to assess the public’s understanding of how these costs are financed. A bunch of surveys over the last 10 years indicate that people are confused; most think that Medicare plays a major role. In fact,…
Abstract Today, 25 percent of all caregivers of elderly are adult children. However, while the parents of the Baby Boom generation had three children per household on average, the Boomers themselves only have two. This project uses the Health and Retirement Study to assess how the number of children a person has affects the demand…
