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“President Trump’s immigration crackdown is beginning to strain the long-term care work force, raising concerns about how the effects could ripple across the nation’s senior population.”
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“She is determined that she will never move to a nursing home, which she considers an intolerable loss of dignity.”
The move to a long-term care facility is often difficult but necessary for frail patients. For their partners, it can mean a new set of challenges.
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“Too often, institutionalization is thought of as the end of family caregiving. It’s not,” Dr. Gaugler said. In fact, shouldering the new tasks of overseeing care, advocating on behalf of the resident and monitoring the staff means that “in some ways, there’s a chance of substituting one set of challenges for another.”