The U.S. Must Do More to Care for Its Caregivers
Some of the couples eligible for coronavirus-relief stimulus checks last year, and who could receive up to $2,800 more under Joe Biden’s proposed plan, paraded in their golf carts in support of Donald Trump through the Villages, a Florida community for people over 55. Many are retired and living comfortably, their benefits protected by the government safety net. If they had lost jobs during the pandemic, they would have been eligible for expanded unemployment benefits.
Many of the home-health aides and nursing assistants, , who care for retirees in places like the Villages do not enjoy the same benefits. In Florida, more than of these workers are immigrants, both authorized and unauthorized. This percentage does not include the groundskeepers,
