“A Growing Number of People Are Navigating Retirement Alone. This Woman Is Spearheading a Movement to Change That,” by Elizabeth O’Brien, Money
“Carol Marak helped her aging parents for a total of six years, frequently driving the 125 miles between her home in Dallas and theirs in West, Texas, to shop, clean, cook and do other tasks for them. ‘I realized there are so many demands in giving care to an older person,’ says Marak, now 67. ‘I don’t have family to do that for me.’ So in February 2016, she started the Elder Orphans Facebook group, which has since grown to 8,000 members. ‘I just wanted to know who else is out there like me,’ says Marak, who works as an editor for Seniorcare.com.”
LTC Comment (from Damon V. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):
This article explores various support options for “elder orphans” including long-term care insurance.
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