Racial Disparities
Across the nation, many older adults struggle to make ends meet. The Elder Index, produced by the Gerontology Institute at UMass Boston, suggests that roughly one-third of older households have incomes below what it takes to meet basic needs and age in place. One question is whether living in a high-wealth, high-cost state such as…
The answer from caregivers is clear. In the U.S. today, roughly 38 million people provide unpaid eldercare. That number is likely to dramatically increase in the future as the number of people needing care grows. One of the biggest challenges with unpaid care is…well, that it’s unpaid – and, in fact, it often reduces people’s…
