Yo nunca dejare que alguien extraño cuide a mí madre, me cuesta dejársela a mis hermanas, tiene 94 años dependemos una de la otra, tengo que mudarme y dejarla con ellas, eso me causa emociones tristes ya que nunca nos hemos separado, ya estoy envejecida y poseo más enfermedades que ella, no tuve hijos así que corro el riesgo de sufrir todo lo que dice su artículo que ella. Ojalá que la empatía no se extinga en los que todavía queda amor

Estoy en esa plataforma la ventaja de leerla allí es que te pagá.

This is the sort of thing that happens where you leave care of the elderly to for profit businesses-

https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/360913500/retirement-village-became-ghost-town?

Libertarian survival of the fittest bravado may sound good when you are young and strong but wait until you are old, disabled or unemployed or otherwise disadvantaged and you may develop a different perspective.

Most retired people today rely considerably upon the state to provide for their care- in most western countries the state provides free public health but the US does not appear to do this. US failure to provide public health leads to huge inequality and inefficiency. Interested to know how Libertarians plan to care for themselves in retirement- suspect many will rely heavily upon the state for pensions and some healthcare. Here in New Zealand everyone over 65 is entitled to a basic state pension of about NZ$500/week. It is not means tested. If you own your own home that's enough for a comfortable basic existence and the public health system also offers basic care free. Recently people caring full time for older or disabled family members won a court case where they win entitlement to being paid at least the minimum wage (~$1000/week) although the current right leaning government appears likely to fight ever paying this. If you do not have state provision of health and pensions you will almost inevitably have huge inequality in the well being of retired citizens. Here in New Zealand we are lucky to have universal basic entitlement with zero means testing. I suspect most Libertarians would take the government provided pension here in NZ - demonstrating the hypocrisy of Libertarians generally. In general government provision of health and welfare is more efficient that private dog eat dog systems.

Thanks for sharing your writing here

My wife's aunt is currently going through something like this. It's looking more and more like she's a victim of elder abuse, getting exploited by one of her own daughters.