Is there support in place for elderly that need long-term care?

The issue of long-term senior care seriously impacts loved ones trying to navigate decisions such as in-home versus nursing home care. In this video, Debra Whitman describes the challenges that face caregivers.

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Rather than having to spend $90,000 on average for a year for a nursing home, most people would rather

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be in their home as they are. But often, it's left to the families to figure everything out for themselves, figure out how

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they're going to pay for it. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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We pretty much leave it to individuals and their families to figure out the needs of the individual

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and how to fund them, how to provide them. We don't really have an operationally integrated

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long-term services and support system. If somebody needs intensive amounts of care,

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often even that's more efficient to do in somebody's home by providing them transportation or meals in the home.

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Rather than having to spend $90,000 on average for a year for a nursing home, most people would rather be in their home as they are.

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But often, it's left to the families to figure everything out for themselves, figure out how they're going to pay for it,

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pull together whatever their loved one needs on a given day, which can change instantly if they

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have a fall or other downturn in their health. And so a lot of people are really

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struggling with how to put all of this together. [AUDIO LOGO]