Michelle Cottle

And so it became financially not that sustainable for the insurance companies.

And so it kind of petered out.

So there are people in Congress who have thought about ways to revive that.

Tax credits for family care providers are something that aging advocates are really keen on.

And Donald Trump, a week before the 2024 election, vowed that he was finally going to get these passed, that he was going to take care of neglected family caregivers, which...

No, it's not happened.

Like, you can comb through the processes of the one big beautiful bill or whatever, and this just, like, this was not a priority, and it didn't get in there, and so, you know, promise denied.

And then, of course, if you look at the other end of the spectrum, which is professional paid caregivers, they are...

The pay is bad.

The risk of injury is pretty high.

People don't think about this.

If you're dealing with dementia patients, sometimes they're frustrated and scared and angry.

My dad on a number of occasions was trying to throw his caregivers out of the house when he's like, why are these strange people here?

And what are they doing?

And why are they bothering me?

So anyway, there's a lot of risk, physical risk that goes with this job.

And the compensation's not great.

The possibilities for advancement aren't great.

And so you have really high turnover.

It's poised to get much worse because the reality is the people who overwhelmingly punch above their weight in this field, like they represent a bigger percentage of caregivers than they are in the population, is immigrants.