As the population ages, the U.S. home caregiving system is tipping toward a crisis (WorkingNation)

WorkingNation podcast Work in Progress interviewed Paul Irving about the rising need for support for caregivers as the population ages. “They are under-compensated, under-recognized, operate in lonely environments without the kinds of services, and supports, and encouragement, and recognition that they so deserve for taking on these incredibly important roles. It’s easy for any of us to brush this off and say this is somehow unimportant until it affects us and our families, and it inevitably does. So, this is an issue that every single one of us, democrats, republicans, independents, those from all regions of the country, every religion, every race, every gender, you name it, we should all be thinking about it, all be striving to try to address and to address quickly.”