Comment by dirtmerchant
1 year ago
Caregiving is an amazing opportunity. It is life-changing for the person receiving the care. It is fulfilling and soul-affirming for the person delivering the care.
1 year ago
Caregiving is an amazing opportunity. It is life-changing for the person receiving the care. It is fulfilling and soul-affirming for the person delivering the care.
If people agreed with your view that it's an "amazing opportunity" then nursing homes wouldn't be catastrophically understaffed.
Of course that doesn't take away from anyone's enjoyment of that line of work, it is truly important, but it's not something that the vast majority of people see as an "amazing opportunity".
Nursing homes are understaffed because they're for-profit entities looking for $15/hr labor.
This. Caring for people is great. Being in poverty while doing almost anything sucks.
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Around 20% of US elder care facilities will close around 2027 because of the Medicaid cuts that pay for long term care of many to pay for the tax cuts for the rich. It was cynically set to take effect after the midterm elections so people wouldn't realize what was happening.
Um yes, precisely. They're not good opportunities for people to make a living. Did you reply to the wrong person or just stating the obvious?
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