“3 New Findings About Long-Term Care Planning Prospects’ Emotions”

“3 New Findings About Long-Term Care Planning Prospects’ Emotions,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor

“Here’s a look at three of the survey team’s findings.

  1. Many people have a hard time admitting that they would have negative feelings if they suddenly had to provide care for a loved one. . . .
  2. Members of Generation X expressed the strongest emotions about caregiving. Many baby boomers, or people born in 1946 or earlier, may already be retired, and may already be providing care. Many millennials, or adults born between 1980 and 1999, may have no young children to take care of, and only a hazy idea of what old age might be like. . . .
  3. Feelings have limits. Even when Lincoln asked about responses to possible emotional reactions to caregiving, only 27% of the participants said they would feel ‘obligated.’ . . . But only 35% said they would and could quit their jobs to provide care, and just 35% said they could and would pay to put loved ones in a long-term care facility.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

People still have no clue about caregiving.

3 New Findings About Long-Term Care Planning Prospects’ Emotions

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