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Candace Carey left her job of eight years — monitoring eggs at a nearby chicken farm for nearly $18 an hour — and took a pay cut to watch over and tend to human beings as a CNA in a rural nursing home.

Kathy Fitts loved her roomy house in suburban Atlanta. But after her children moved out, and the pandemic exacerbated the isolation she often felt as a divorced woman, she left for Latitude Margaritaville, a Jimmy Buffett-­themed housing development in Daytona Beach, Fla., for those “55 and better.”

Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older had dementia or needed help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Only a million received paid help outside of a nursing home, and nearly 3 million had no help at all.

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older had dementia or needed help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Only a million received paid help outside of a nursing home, and nearly 3 million had no help at all.

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older had dementia or needed help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Only a million received paid help outside of a nursing home, and nearly 3 million had no help at all.

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older had dementia or needed help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Only a million received paid help outside of a nursing home, and nearly 3 million had no help at all.

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older had dementia or needed help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Only a million received paid help outside of a nursing home, and nearly 3 million had no help at all.

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older had dementia or needed help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Only a million received paid help outside of a nursing home, and nearly 3 million had no help at all.

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older had dementia or needed help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Only a million received paid help outside of a nursing home, and nearly 3 million had no help at all.