Rebuilding 'The Care Economy' with Cross-Generational Relationships
Rebuilding 'The Care Economy' with Cross-Generational Relationships | Opinion Joseph F. Coughlin and Jordan Mittler On 5/20/21 at 7:30 AM EDT COVID-19 laid bare how dangerous social isolation can be to everyone and particularly aging Americans. As our nation works to rebuild from the devastation of the pandemic, the Biden administration's recent announcement to allocate $400 billion toward home health care was mostly met with warm welcome. The widespread social isolation people of all ages (including older adults) experienced as a result of the pandemic has been a crisis of...