The mounting pressures on those caring for both aging parents and young children

Be aware that the stress of caregiving goes beyond mental. Lifting your loved ones several times a day and night can ruin your back.

This isn't new. I'm in my late 60s and raised my child, was caregiver for my mother and worked full time+. The toll on the caregiver physically and mentally is tremendous.

I'm afraid of this as a single, only-child. At least I don't have kids. Also afraid for myself when I reach that age.

People think love is enough to sustain caregiving for years on end. It isn’t. Nor is it like taking care of another kid… it’s 10x harder.

This will not be me, my brothers perhaps but not me. Our mother never saved for retirement because she said she had 3 retirement plans, her kids. Our mother in her 30s and 40s was perfectly find with putting that burden on her kids. She spent her money on herself, having fun and traveling, meanwhile I'm raising myself, my brothers and her, I was working 2 to 3 jobs as a young adult because our mother said her money was for her and her only, so I had to keep the lights on and the water running. I paid for my own school trips, braces, prom and prom dress, I paid for my own college tuition. Our mother made it clear we owed her for giving birth to us, ever though she abandoned us for years because she was tired of being a mother a wanted to party and sleep around. As far as I'm concerned, I paid my dues as a teen and young adult years ago. Society thinks I'm obligated to take care of a women who didn't take care of me because she had unprotected sex? Naw, she should have taken care of me when I needed a mother, I'm use to not having a mother so I've learned how to do for myself. I'm obligated to myself and my brothers.

This is real reporting, thank you CBS and Lisa!

Lisa Ling is serious, not phony, a top-notch journalist 💪🔥 📚

Americans are not equipped to do this, laws need changing and financial support is needed. No one can carry this burden without a lot of help. I have been there trying to make it work.

I did this for 20 years. The stress is crippling and there are no vacations or breaks.

Add to this private equity taking over nursing homes and increasing costs while decreasing quality of care

I was the primary caregiver for my parents until they both passed away last year. My mom suffered the effects of two battles with lung cancer and congestive heart failure. My dad had Alzheimer's. It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Thank you for bringing attention to this overwhelming problem.

When I was young, we've heard America is hell for elderly people. Now that I am in my sixties, single and no children, I hope I will not need memory care and hope that I will die quick and painlessly. I will consider that lucky!

Often an adult child can exhaust their own retirement savings paying for 10 or 12 years elder care, especially if they have no siblings to share expenses.

Sometimes we have to opt out of having a family all together to take care of aging parents

As a professional caregiver, I definitely understand and the cost alone is outrageous. You have elderly paying out of pocket big money… or tapping into their nest egg which I think is ridiculous. they deservecompassion and love.❤

I had my dad from 2017 until 2021 when he passed from Alzheimer's. Trust me, it is very hard, & not for the faint of heart to care for an elderly parent with memory issues. The stress is overwhelming. When he passed, I was then diagnosed with cancer.

Compassion fatigue is a serious thing.

My father turns 100 May 1st. Been his caregiver and for mom who passed in 2020…it is the hardest job. Lately I cry a lot. We rotate between 3 of my sisters every month living w him to care for him in his home. It’s is so hard, God bless us who do it tho we cry from the overwhelming emotions that go with this job.

Too many elders expect their kids to be their retirement instead of planning ahead.

For many people, their parent is psychologically toxic. Having to then "care" for that person (usually because the parent has manipulated their adult children into that role), is devastating. I worked as a caregiver at one point and witnesses this scenario repeatedly.