(MENAFN) The elderly in the United States are trapped in their houses as their helpers look for a higher-paying employment opportunity, as stated by a report issued by the main US daily on Monday.
The lack of home-care operators that additionally got worse throughout the COVID epidemic caused senior residents to wait for long months to be given specialized home-care assistants, according to the report by the US daily Washington Post.
In line with the daily, this situation of affairs endangered the independence of a generation of elderly Americans who had stacked on aging in place instead of spending their late years in nursing homes.
Even though the shortages antedate the epidemic, it was worse as coronavirus drove the request for home services because of lockdowns, it also stated.
The daily also stated that low-paid employees, such as local aides, who are mostly women and citizen of color and between the worst paid in the nation, have quit for less taxing employments in Amazon warehouses and as Uber drivers.
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