Caregiving for the elderly: The stresses and the challenges

“Well-planned communities with services make it possible for seniors to maintain independence while having security and support as needed. Professional caregiving can be delivered more cost effectively in group settings, and family members needn’t provide services for which they are ill equipped when a community is well staffed,” wrote 2Life’s Allison Daskal Hausman, in response to a New York Times editorial about the challenges of aging in America.