Re: seeking information

Is there a web site where I can access that article? I'd like to read the
whole thing.

And, yes, I agree that the thread is going in a direction that I never
intended, and I'm sorry for contributing to it. I just wanted help with
finding resources.

But I will say this ... I feel that taking care of your elderly parents is,
and should remain, a personal decision (just like abortion) and not become a
legal obligation.

Others might disagree.


"Phyllis Nilsson" <phyllisnilsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When reading today's newspaper, I happened across an article
entitled, "Care-giving crisis looms for the elderly" and it spoke to the
issue your friend is embroiled in.

While I have no idea if these people can give you any ideas, or whether
just
letting them know of the situation as it stands in Tennessee would be
helpful, here is the information I gleaned from the article:

Dr. Larry Wright is co-director of Caregiving Project for Older Americans,
a
joint effort for the Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in
Springdale, Arkansas and the International Longevity Center-USA in New
York. Perhaps some research on this project would yield some idea of what
can and can't be done, and whether they even know the situation in
Tennessee.

They are stating that 20% of our older adult population is going without
the
care they need and it will only increase.

What makes your friend's case so sad is the parents only need help with
rent
and car upkeep. It isn't as though they need 24-hour care. It isn't as
though they can't continue to live together in their own home. It would
seem prudent and financially responsible for Tennessee to help keep them
in
their own home rather than eventually having every nursing home in
Tennessee filled with people who could have stayed at home had they had a
bit of help.

This thread seems to have deteriorated into "what terrible children who
won't even look after their own parents", but I don't see that to be the
case here. I see three children who don't have the money to take care of
aging parents (and there is no sin in not being financially able to take
on
another family, even parents), but who are so concerned about it they are
discussing it and trying to find a solution that will help their parents.
I think they are to be commended.


CatLoverSu wrote:

I'm asking for a friend. I'm hoping somebody here has some resources that
I missed.



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