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Why is caregiving so hard in America? The answers emerge in a new film
- The PBS documentary 'Caregiving' airing June 24 highlights the challenges faced by 53 million Americans providing home care for elderly or disabled relatives.
- Caregiving difficulties stem from 1960s Medicare legislation that excluded long-term care and triggered a 600% increase in nursing home payments after 1965.
- Most caregivers provide unpaid services like cleaning and dressing while spending about $7,242 annually and losing $43,500 in income due to care demands.
- The film includes slice-of-life family portraits, traces caregiving history, and notes 2024 proposals for a $5,000 federal caregiver tax credit.
- Caregiving remains largely private and isolating, suggesting a need for renewed public attention and policy to better support caregivers nationwide.
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Why is caregiving so hard in America? The answers emerge in a new film
A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S., revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.
Debate: Frelle Petersen's new film, "Home, Dear Home", is an important and powerful story that touches on the everyday lives of thousands of people – both the citizens who receive help in home care, and not least the dedicated social and health workers and assistants who provide an indispensable service every day.
This beautiful film is dedicated to the great theme of the family, which characterizes us for a lifetime. In "Zikaden" director Ina Weisse emphatically tells of Isabell (acted sensitively by Nina Hoss), who cares very much about her old parents (played by the Weisses real parents). In the difficult search for nursing staff she encounters Anja, a single mother, mysteriously embodied by Saskia Rosendahl. Knut Elstermann spoke with Ina Weisse and N…
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