A fascinating caregiving article on the New York Times Web site has grabbed a lot of attention in the past few days. Titled “Elder-Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation,” and written by Jane Gross, the article ran December 30, 2006.
The elder-care article begins with the following:
“To care for her ailing 97-year-old father over the past three years, Elizabeth Rodriguez, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, has borrowed against her 401(k) retirement plan, sold...
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