Adult Day Cares in the Rio Grande Valley
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Adult Day Cares in the Rio Grande Valley
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#2https://acl.gov/sites/default/files/Aging%20and%20Disability...
Over the next 20 years, the number of elderly over the age of 85 is projected to go from 6.4 to 14.6 million. 10% of the population is over 65. That's a lot of people who don't work and need care in the next 2 decades. We are probably going to see a big uptick in Y combinator graduating companies who focus on elderly care.
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#3I am very interested to see how many Latinos work here. At least here in Canada elderly care workers are mostly indentured Filipino workers whose immigration files are delayed by the Federal govt essentially making them indentured servants. It is appalling to see first world countries exploiting third world workers by indentured servitude to take care of their parents & elderly.
Re: Adult Day Cares in the Rio Grande Valley
#4I am very interested to see how many Latinos work here. At least here in Canada elderly care workers are mostly indentured Filipino workers whose immigration files are delayed by the Federal govt essentially making them indentured servants. It is appalling to see first world countries exploiting third world workers by indentured servitude to take care of their parents & elderly.
Uh, 'latinos' (a lot of people in this area prefer hispanic or tejano) make up the vast majority of the population in the RGV so, presumably quite a few.
Re: Adult Day Cares in the Rio Grande Valley
#5I am very interested to see how many Latinos work here. At least here in Canada elderly care workers are mostly indentured Filipino workers whose immigration files are delayed by the Federal govt essentially making them indentured servants. It is appalling to see first world countries exploiting third world workers by indentured servitude to take care of their parents & elderly.
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Re: Adult Day Cares in the Rio Grande Valley
#6I am very interested to see how many Latinos work here. At least here in Canada elderly care workers are mostly indentured Filipino workers whose immigration files are delayed by the Federal govt essentially making them indentured servants. It is appalling to see first world countries exploiting third world workers by indentured servitude to take care of their parents & elderly.
Similar story in the US: https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-05-22/classic-tale-human-gr...
Re: Adult Day Cares in the Rio Grande Valley
#7https://acl.gov/sites/default/files/Aging%20and%20Disability... Over the next 20 years, the number of elderly over the age of 85 is projected to go from 6.4 to 14.6 million. 10% of the population is over 65. That's a lot of people who don't work and need care in the next 2 decades. We are probably going to see a big uptick in Y combinator graduating companies who focus on elderly care.
I really hope so. There's a huge need for a sea change in eldercare. My spouse and I have spent at least three months of this year helping older relatives, and I worry it'll consume a bigger chunk of next year.
One interesting bright light is that a lot of the startups targeted towards younger people are actually godsends for senior independence -- grocery delivery, meal delivery, ridesharing. Not to mention how much cheaper it is to order assistive devices -- the very same assistive devices for a quarter of the price -- online vs. the local medical device rental places.
Re: Adult Day Cares in the Rio Grande Valley
#8https://acl.gov/sites/default/files/Aging%20and%20Disability... Over the next 20 years, the number of elderly over the age of 85 is projected to go from 6.4 to 14.6 million. 10% of the population is over 65. That's a lot of people who don't work and need care in the next 2 decades. We are probably going to see a big uptick in Y combinator graduating companies who focus on elderly care.
Honestly, one thing I’d like to see more of is cohousing projects out of the demographic shift. Theoretically there could be some leveraging of Qualified Opportunity Zone areas to help spur development, but ultimately the structure needs to be done in a way that serves community rather than maximizing profit.
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#9https://acl.gov/sites/default/files/Aging%20and%20Disability... Over the next 20 years, the number of elderly over the age of 85 is projected to go from 6.4 to 14.6 million. 10% of the population is over 65. That's a lot of people who don't work and need care in the next 2 decades. We are probably going to see a big uptick in Y combinator graduating companies who focus on elderly care.
I really hope so. There's a huge need for a sea change in eldercare. My spouse and I have spent at least three months of this year helping older relatives, and I worry it'll consume a bigger chunk of next year. One interesting bright light is that a lot of the startups targeted towards younger people are actually godsends for senior independence -- grocery delivery, meal delivery, ridesharing. Not to mention how much…
> My spouse and I have spent at least three months of this year helping older relatives, and I worry it'll consume a bigger chunk of next year.
I’m curious about this mindset. Why would you worry about it consuming more time? Isn’t that what family is for?
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I really hope so. There's a huge need for a sea change in eldercare. My spouse and I have spent at least three months of this year helping older relatives, and I worry it'll consume a bigger chunk of next year. One interesting bright light is that a lot of the startups targeted towards younger people are actually godsends for senior independence -- grocery delivery, meal delivery, ridesharing. Not to mention how much…
> My spouse and I have spent at least three months of this year helping older relatives, and I worry it'll consume a bigger chunk of next year. I’m curious about this mindset. Why would you worry about it consuming more time? Isn’t that what family is for?
Most people want to be independent and to have their children and grandchildren to visit as guests, not full-time caregivers. We are very blessed that we're in the position to be able to easily pop from state to state helping and can work wherever we happen to be, but at the same time, they want to live their lives independently, too.
Also, think about where caregivers might have to relocate and how they might alter their futures by spending it caretaking. I have family members who sacrificed a very significant amount of their adult lives taking care of their parents and missed out on their own lives and wrecked their own health doing it (it's hard mental and physical work, and in some cases can be very thankless).
I also know people who gave up everything to take care of their parents and ended up homeless after their deaths.