“Half of Americans fear falling more than cancer and want to age in home without stairs,” Yahoo!    Quote: “According to the tenth annual Nationwide Retirement Institute® Long-term Care survey of 1,812 U.S. adults aged 24 or over and 706 caregivers, conducted by The Harris Poll in October 2021, the vast majority of Americans (88%) believe it’s more important than ever for people to have a plan for long-term care and have long-term care insurance (86%) as COVID-19 has raised concerns about nursing homes. … What’s more, 80% of Americans agree that it is important for them to live in a single-floor home
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“New Research Signals Mass Employee Exodus From Long Term Care Due to Vaccination Mandate,” by Joanne Erickson, Provider   Quote: “OnShift’s research indicates a potential mass employee departure from long term care providers as 92 percent of unvaccinated respondents either plan to seek employment where vaccines are not mandated (53 percent) or are unsure of their future employment status (39 percent).”   LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: The trouble with central planning by regulatory decree is that the unintended consequences are often as bad or worse than the condition the planning was intended to improve.
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“A Massive Elder Corps Is Just Waiting to Be Helpful,” by Ken Dychtwald, NextAvenue   Quote: “In the 47 years I’ve been studying aging, older adults and retirement in the U.S. and abroad, I’ve noticed that there’s a lot of confusion among retirees regarding what they should be doing with their newfound decades of free time. Different than our grandparents who imagined they’d only have a couple of years post-work before their expiration date, it’s dawning on many of us that we now need to reimagine our lives, restructure our time and maybe even find a new purpose. … Just as
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