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logosoco

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9. The caregiver credit would be a good thing for me.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 08:42 AM

Sep 2014

I took off several years of working when my kids were babies, now I am currently out of work (although for physical reasons) and am helping with my grandsons so my daughter and her husband can get their careers going.
Both of my daughters work in a somewhat "upscale" senior living community (one in the business office, one in the dining room), so they have knowledge and a good attitude toward working with the elderly.
My own mother is still doing great, she will be 80 next year. But anything could happen and she could need me to help her out as well.

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Who Will Take Care of the Elderly? [View all] xchrom Sep 2014 OP

Well, if it doesn't have "switched" in the title, this thread will drop like a rock. IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #1

It does seem like that topic has been a hit davidpdx Sep 2014 #4

Or xchrom could have put "Palin" in the subject line Doctor_J Sep 2014 #27

Depressing but not surprising. redwitch Sep 2014 #2

Our prisons are stuffed to the gills AngryAmish Sep 2014 #3

That might be considered cruel and unusual punishment davidpdx Sep 2014 #5

Because proReality Sep 2014 #6

What could go wrong? phil89 Sep 2014 #8

"Send a felon to Mom! Free help; just hide the jewels!" DID I MISS YOUR SARCASM THINGY? WinkyDink Sep 2014 #10

It seems as though she scarified everything and then got screwed davidpdx Sep 2014 #7

The caregiver credit would be a good thing for me. logosoco Sep 2014 #9

I think we need to make our own small communities to support each other. mahina Sep 2014 #19

Good idea. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #28

Amazing that people still think like this. Daemonaquila Sep 2014 #11

There's that word again "entitled" LiberalElite Sep 2014 #15

It's one thing to hold those values onesself, eShirl Sep 2014 #16

that went right over your head Skittles Sep 2014 #25

Exactly! marew Sep 2014 #18

Husband's SS HelenWheels Sep 2014 #12

That was my first thought BuelahWitch Sep 2014 #14

We are moving my 77 year old mom in with me this weekend. The executives at Bethlehem Steel Dustlawyer Sep 2014 #13

OMG, my mother, too! BethSteel ruined her widowhood; even deducted my father's SS from his pension! WinkyDink Sep 2014 #23

As labor productivity vastly increases due to technology, hours per week should decrease, MH1 Sep 2014 #17

Cuba offers their citizens elderly day roody Sep 2014 #20

Damn commies! A corporation could do it better. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #22

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #21

War will solve this. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #24

Serious SS increases, make caregiveing a career that pays living wage, and lead the executives who Doctor_J Sep 2014 #26