{"id":2105,"date":"2023-12-06T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:50:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:50:55","slug":"watch-the-long-term-care-crisis-why-few-can-afford-to-grow-old-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2105","title":{"rendered":"Watch: The Long-Term Care Crisis: Why Few Can Afford to Grow Old in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/jordan-rau\/\"><strong>Jordan Rau<\/strong><\/a>\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"posted-on\" datetime=\"2023-12-06T11:55:00-05:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tDecember 6, 2023\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<label for=\"republish-content\" class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tArticle HTML\t\t\t\t<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<textarea id=\"republish-content\" class=\"form-control\" rows=\"5\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"byline\">Jordan Rau, KFF Health News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For many in America, especially people in the middle class, old age is a daily struggle to keep up with basic activities. For some, the trials of dementia add to the emotional and financial burden for loved ones and caregivers. Long-term care options \u2014 assisted living, home care, or full-time family care \u2014 are costly, complex, and often inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Rau, KFF Health News senior correspondent, moderated a Zoom event Dec. 5 about \u201cDying Broke,\u201d an investigative project undertaken with The New York Times and Times reporter Reed Abelson about America\u2019s long-term care crisis. Panelists shared their lived experiences of caregiving.<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by KFF Health News and the John A. Hartford Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><\/textarea><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm copy-btn\" data-clipboard-target=\"#republish-content\">Copy HTML<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modal-details\">\n<p>We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here\u2019s what we ask:<\/p>\n<p>You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our kffhealthnews.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and KFF Health News\u201d in the byline. Please preserve the hyperlinks in the story.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note, not everything on kffhealthnews.org is available for republishing. If a story is labeled \u201cAll Rights Reserved,\u201d we cannot grant permission to republish that item.<\/p>\n<p>Have questions? Let us know at <a href=\"mailto:KHNHelp@kff.org\">KHNHelp@kff.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jordan Rau December 6, 2023 Article HTML Jordan Rau, KFF Health News For many in America, especially people in the middle class, old age is a daily struggle to keep up with basic activities. For some, the trials of dementia add to the emotional and financial burden for loved ones and caregivers. Long-term care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-aging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2107,"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}