Today on TAP: The pittance we pay caregivers is a disgrace
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Posted inWorking in America
As Racism Plagues Health Care, Unions Offer a Treatment
Health care workers of color are twice as likely as their white co-workers to catch COVID-19. Unions could be the answer to addressing these disparities.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Nursing Homes Want to Save Their Bank Accounts, Not Their Patients
Plus, ending the Fed money cannon? This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for November 10, 2020.
Posted inFamily Care
Washington: The Caregiving State
In the Pacific Northwest, lawmakers have acted to help defray the exorbitant costs of family caregiving. More needs to be done.
Posted inFamily Care
How to Finance Universal Family Care
Considering the options for building a new social-insurance program
Posted inFamily Care
The Collapse of Long-Term Care Insurance
Attempts to have the private market manage support and services for the elderly or people with disabilities have utterly failed.
Posted inFamily Care
The Corporatization of Nursing Homes
A tragic history of how we’ve treated elderly citizens, for profit
Posted inFamily Care
The Neglect of Disability Care
Home care workers and unpaid caregivers who support disabled people are often left out of public-policy initiatives.
Posted inFamily Care
How the Pandemic Disrupted Care
Families have been forced into impossible decisions to ensure that their loved ones get the assistance they need.