The Caregiver Crisis
Season 2017 Episode 7 | 56m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
What can we do to avoid a caregiver crisis?
Most of the 150,000 caregivers in Hawai‘i are women over 50 years old, and many are caring for someone in their 80s. Nearly half have left the workforce to be a caregiver, leaving their financial future at risk. With Hawai‘i’s aging population, the pool of potential caregivers declines so significantly that we are headed for a crisis with each passing year. Our entire island state will be impacted
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Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i
The Caregiver Crisis
Season 2017 Episode 7 | 56m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Most of the 150,000 caregivers in Hawai‘i are women over 50 years old, and many are caring for someone in their 80s. Nearly half have left the workforce to be a caregiver, leaving their financial future at risk. With Hawai‘i’s aging population, the pool of potential caregivers declines so significantly that we are headed for a crisis with each passing year. Our entire island state will be impacted
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