eldercare

noun

el·der·care ˈel-dər-ˌker

variants or elder care

: the care of older adults and especially the care of an older parent by a son or daughter

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More than 37 million people, or 14% of the adult population, provide some form of unpaid eldercare in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. —

Annie Nova, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024 Empowering Middle-Class Financial Inclusion Through DeFi One of Harris’s primary goals is to lower costs for middle-class families, particularly in housing, childcare, and eldercare. —

Tonya Evans, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Or, for non-rural families, large broods of children might eventually provide aging parents with eldercare when (and if) that becomes necessary. —

Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024 At the heart of this initiative, dubbed Longevity Ready Maryland, is a comprehensive plan that transcends traditional state efforts focused solely on eldercare. —

Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for eldercare