Tag: healthcare
Persistent increases in U.S. life expectancy are widely recognized. But if we’re living longer, what’s also important is whether those additional years of life are healthy years. Even using this higher standard, the news is good. A 65-year-old American today can expect to live to about age 84 – or about one year and four…
Here’s just some of the evidence of the enormity of the challenge of caring for our elderly parents: One in three baby boomer women cares for an elderly parent. Even if they work, these caregivers devote anywhere from eight to 30 hours per week to that parent. The estimated value of informal senior care provided…
