Read Expert Caregiver Carol Bradley Bursack's response to a recent interview in the Star-Tribune with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., discussing eldercare.
Radio interviews often start with my being asked, “Why now? Why is this whole eldercare issue such a focus? In the old days, people just took care of their elders and didn’t talk about it much. They brought them into their homes. Is this generation just plain selfish?
Um, no. We’re not selfish. People are just as loving and caring as they...
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