elder care

The short answer: Yes. A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that a 25% increase in the flow of immigrants into the U.S. would prevent 5,000 deaths among older Americans.

Staffing shortages are likely to intensify as the Trump administration ends a program that gave 350,000 Haitians the right to live and work in the United States.

The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for roughly 350,000 Haitians.

The term refers to adults caring for both older parents and children — which takes a toll on mental, physical and financial health.

Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing Medicare take on these costs, as most Americans rely instead on unpaid care from family.

Less than one in five nursing homes in the U.S. currently meet new staffing minimums set to take effect in the coming years.

Older generations are spending down their nest eggs and leaving smaller inheritances to adult children, writer Annie Logue explains.

Marketplace economics contributor Chris Farrell talks about COVID-19’s impact on long-term care.

“It gets complicated after your parents pass away and you have nobody.”