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10. Family size and dispersal probably have a lot to do with it

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 01:20 AM

Nov 2013

Good point

That said, I don't think the relationship will be much like that of very wealthy people with their "staff." The need for support is more a necessity than a luxury, and those performing the service may be of a much closer socio-economic level to their clients, so I expect the dynamic to be different.

Fair point; I don't really know how different the median HHA will be economically from the median person who hires an HHA. (Will the minimum wage earning HHA be able to afford an HHA for her own mother? How will Medicare/Medicaid/ACA, etc. play into that? I don't know...)

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Are home health aides the new "staff"? [View all] Recursion Nov 2013 OP

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Fair point. Recursion Nov 2013 #2

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my cleaning girls come once a month. DesertFlower Nov 2013 #5

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You bring up interesting points. cyberswede Nov 2013 #7

Family size and dispersal probably have a lot to do with it Recursion Nov 2013 #10

I was a HHA in the 90s Tree-Hugger Nov 2013 #8

They aren't new, but doubling the number in a decade is something Recursion Nov 2013 #9

For a number of years I had a weekly cleaning service. SheilaT Nov 2013 #12

I can relate etherealtruth Nov 2013 #15

That's a pitiful future for the American worker. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #14

Sweet, the little people can fight to wipe the asses of their betters... Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #16