"Charity is a gift you give yourself."
-Travelers, season 2, episode 11
-Travelers, season 2, episode 11
Forwarded from Brendan
Why is a crisis of caregiving happening / worsening?
Many reasons: an aging Boomer population, longer lifespans, changing family formations (including an increase in single, childless seniors), more women in the workplace, a higher number of people with disabilities, and fewer nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They add up to the stark fact that the 44 million caregivers in the United States won’t be able to rely on the traditional 20th Century solution—family support—to care for the millions in need over the next 20 years. We’ve recognized the looming crisis, but proposals for change have been limited to incremental steps that address present day problems instead of the ones we are about to encounter.
Many reasons: an aging Boomer population, longer lifespans, changing family formations (including an increase in single, childless seniors), more women in the workplace, a higher number of people with disabilities, and fewer nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They add up to the stark fact that the 44 million caregivers in the United States won’t be able to rely on the traditional 20th Century solution—family support—to care for the millions in need over the next 20 years. We’ve recognized the looming crisis, but proposals for change have been limited to incremental steps that address present day problems instead of the ones we are about to encounter.
To begin this exploration, IFTF developed a set of three video scenarios for caregiving in the year 2031 that portray different paths away from crisis. The scenarios focus primarily on care provided by family members for older adults, who represent the majority of care recipients:
- Neighbors Care explores a world where policy makers, the financial industry, and social innovators have acted to develop new markets and models of caregiving, a generation in which childlessness is normal is redefining what “family” caregiving means.
-Angels in the Floorboards examines the role of technology in supporting caregivers and why caregivers, care recipients, policy makers, and technologists need to work together.
- The CARER Act looks at the implications of integrating informal caregiving with the formal health care system with increased documentation and interaction.
- Neighbors Care explores a world where policy makers, the financial industry, and social innovators have acted to develop new markets and models of caregiving, a generation in which childlessness is normal is redefining what “family” caregiving means.
-Angels in the Floorboards examines the role of technology in supporting caregivers and why caregivers, care recipients, policy makers, and technologists need to work together.
- The CARER Act looks at the implications of integrating informal caregiving with the formal health care system with increased documentation and interaction.
No single intervention will “solve” the problem of caregiving—in fact, there is no single problem. Every instance of caregiving is a unique and complex blend of different needs. But some combination of the strategies described in our scenarios may help alleviate the burden on caregivers and improve the quality of caregiving.
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