The Crisis of Caregiving

Our Body Politic

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4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This episode of Our Body Politic is a special on caregiving. We start the show with the voices of caregivers, lawmakers and advocates. Then, OBP creator and host Farai Chideya speaks with Sade Dozan, Chief of Development and Operations at Caring Across Generations, a movement with the goal of creating “a world where everyone can age with dignity, and caregivers are respected and supported,” about her caregiving journey. Farai also speaks with nationally recognized author Ai-jen Poo, the co-founder and Executive Director of Caring Across Generations, about taking care of our elders, our children and ourselves. Finally, on our weekly roundtable, Farai, attorney and trusts, estates and family law expert Lisa Brown and Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary discuss what to plan for – legally and financially – when it comes to elder care.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politics. If you haven't yet, remember to follow this podcast on your podcatcher of choice like Apple or Spotify or wherever you get your podcast. And if you have time, please leave us a review. It helps other listeners find us and we read them for your feedback. You can also reach out to us on Instagram and Twitter
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0:44.3	This is Our Body Politics. I'm Farai Chidea. Hello and welcome all to this Car Can't Wait Day of
0:53.0	Action. People do not realize that 54% of the people over the age 50 are caregiving for someone that is older or someone with a disability.
1:12.6	Do you know that the average home care worker makes $12 an hour?
1:19.6	Are you kidding me?
1:20.6	No worker should have to choose between their family and their job.
1:25.6	All of these voices are from February when producer Mona Hassan and I traveled to the nation's
1:31.5	capital to witness a rally on caregiving.
1:34.9	Activists from all over the country, like Mary Kay Henry of SEIU, the huge union, which
1:40.8	represents caregivers, among others, turned up and spoke out.
1:45.0	By 2028, we will need a million more caregivers in this economy, an estimated 4.7 million
1:55.0	home care jobs, the fastest growing job in the U.S. economy.
1:59.0	And this work has been undervalued and underpaid since the beginning
2:04.6	of our nation. And here's what Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren had to say. No nation succeeds by
2:12.4	making life harder for young parents. And no nation prospers by treating caregivers with disrespect.
2:22.8	High quality care means that we pay caregivers a salary that is in line with their responsibilities
2:32.2	and their expertise. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman
2:37.7	Suzanne Bonamichi, and Senator Patty Murray were also there. But it was truly the voices of the
2:43.7	caregiving community that resonated the loudest. I cared for my dad for seven years, flying from
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