The Work You Do Caring For Elderly Parents Now Comes With Gift Cards

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Sixty-nine million Americans work as unpaid caregivers—about 29% of the population. They drive their moms to therapy, cook for parents who can't cook for themselves, and pick up prescriptions for relatives. They do a huge amount of work. Yet nobody gives them anything for it. They do it out of love, or because they have to.

Caregiving work does have economic value, though. To deliver the equivalent care in a formal setting like a care-home or hospital would cost billions. So, there's actually an incentive for health care companies and society at large to look after caregivers properly, rather than ignoring them. They're actually saving us a lot of money by doing what they do.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3040084/the- ... gift-cards

[WiseOne]

Thanks that is wonderful!  I signed up.  It felt so good to total up all the stuff I did over the weekend...no idea how much time I'd been putting in.

[Reub]

This is a great idea but its a few years too late for me. WiseOne, you are truly doing God's work!

[WiseOne]

I remember what you went through with your dad.  I hope the rest of your family appreciated your efforts.  I was really surprised at my reaction when I entered each task into the website, it was a tiny bit of recognition that was so, so needed.