[trisham]

IMO there should be places - run by charity, by insurance, whatever - sort of like nursing homes, but with family assisting, cheaper than hiring all professional people. Problem is, the insurance companies and various regulations have strangle holds so that things might likely have to be relaxed in order to have family come in an help care for their relatives. Could be small-ish places.

There has to be a better way to care for people who need care, but don’t need major hospital-only special care; things that family could learn to do.

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There are home care nurses, which might be an option for some. I think that one of the biggest obstacles is that most of us don't live in an extended family group, and also that so many women work. It's a complicated situation.

[little jeremiah]

The destruction of the family is a tragedy which will cause many, many problems. Not just the “husband and wife and 2 kids” family, but the Grandpa and Grandma and Uncles and Aunties family.