A Bright Idea: Think of the Elderly as a Resource!

“Right now, we see the elderly as a problem. Why don’t we look at the elderly as a resource? We want to help. We don’t want to just be trying to keep ourselves busy. I hate that. There are important things to do in life and we need to be able to continue being useful. I’m a great believer in being useful.

“We’ve got all these healthy, “young old,” people who go into retirement from 60 to 75 [years old] — and what do they do with themselves? They want something meaningful to do. I think we need to look at ways in which they go into caregiving. They understand it. They’re close to it, they see it. They know that they’re going to be there.”

-Alene Moris, women’s rights leader

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Look to Older People to Fill Caregiver Need