Who Will Take Care of Me When I Get Old?

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The pandemic forced us to confront many previously unacknowledged societal issues, including the lack of infrastructure we have to support those who need care and those who give it. As COVID-19 deaths near one million in America, the time has come to address the caregiving crisis in this country. There are nearly 50 million unpaid family caregivers and 4.5 million paid home care aides in America, yet they remain largely invisible. Andy explores that dichotomy with Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, and Randy Klein, CEO of Vesta Healthcare. They discuss why this work is historically undervalued and what we can all do to help change that. Plus, how to plan for the care you will likely need or give in your life, and what Build Back Better could do to support caregivers.

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Read more about what Build Back Better would do to improve caregiving in America: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/12/fact-sheet-build-back-better-investments-in-care-will-boost-economic-growth-and-help-businesses-thrive/
Learn more about the advocacy organization Caring Across Generations: https://caringacross.org/
Check out the Care Can’t Wait summit on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/263157082636004
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1:03.6	for, I would not be able to have the life that I have and there are thousands of
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1:59.7	Welcome to the bubble. This is your host Andy Slavitt February 23rd 2022. So how
2:05.2	do we lose nearly a million people in America? There's a lot of places to
2:09.5	start answering that question and some of us might start by pointing at
2:12.1	politicians and some of us may start pointing at one another and some of us
2:15.2	may start by just pointing at the pandemic and saying there's nothing we can do.
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