Caring for ageing parents is becoming a financial nightmare in the US. Here’s what we can do | Courtney E Martin

Most families have little saved for retirement – and face unfair shame for it. It’s time to cut the bootstrap rhetoricWhat does it cost to age with dignity?It’s an urgent question as the youngest baby boomers approach 65 and their adult children prepare to take on their care.Day programs. Day programs for elders, like those for kids, are a fantastic community resource. Publicly funded transportation can take elders to a center designed with their joy and capacity in mind. My dad went to one such...