I Worry About Old People
5 posts
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ExpectingExec 
1 post
Posted 11 months ago
By 2010, more than 76 million people over the age of 55 will live in the US. As parents age, women shoulder the lion’s share of “informal” caregiving responsibilities. The average caregiver is age 46, female, married and working outside the home earning an annual income of $35,000. Are we prepared to care for this high maintenance, high expectation elderly baby boomer generation?
Erin @ www.expectingexecutive.com
http://blogspot.expectingexecutive.com/2007/08/13/i-worry-about-old-people.aspx
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GiGi
7 posts
Posted 11 months ago
I have the same worries. And if we aren’t discriminated against in the workplace because of our mothering responsibilities, we are/will be because of the care we will need to give our aging parents and relatives But even if you aren’t a “mom”—won’t you have to take care of SOMEONE in your life at some point????
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Becki
693 posts
Posted 10 months ago
I’m a little worried about who’s going to take care of US after we’ve spent years out of the workplace caring for other people…
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Holly
18 posts
Posted 10 months ago
Me too. Especially since being out of the workforce wrecks havoc with a person’s confidence. Intellectully, I think I could get back in the swing of things if I put the effort in, but I’m not sure I can convince my insecure inner voice of that.
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Brandie
713 posts
Posted 10 months ago
Dh and I are in these finance classes, and one thing he mentioned is everyone who breathes should have disability insurance and once you hit 60-65 you should invest in long-term care insurance.
Precisely for these reasons … so much else is going on to have to worry about the finance part about it.
Honestly, I haven’t given it much thought because my (and dh’s) parents are both in good health. And we both have siblings, but they are 14-17 years old! If something did happen, it would be on our shoulders. Dh and I financially couldn’t handle it and I think emotionally, I don’t know if I would be able to handle it …
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