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The senior population is booming. Caregiving is struggling to keep up

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55 points toomuchtodo | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 21:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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j-conn ◴[21 Nov 25 23:12 UTC] No.46010188[source]▶
“It’s not rocket science — you’ve either got to pay more, or you’ve got to let in way more people. … There are wonderful, caring people all over the world who would like to come care for our seniors at the wages we’re willing to pay, and we just have to let them in,” Gruber said.

This is the crux of it. The government should also subsidize and directly administer more senior care, especially given the economic drag from having family members step into these roles

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1. fzeroracer ◴[21 Nov 25 23:50 UTC] No.46010513[source]▶
The other wealthier boomers and rich assholes have long decided they'd rather squeeze even more blood from the stone because they have the money to cover any senior care they need. This was a problem slowly coming down the tracks for decades but why fix it when it can be used to turn a profit. Especially when people continue to act against their own self interest.