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Caring for Parents

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Channel: Iowa PBS · 2008 · News & Politics

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According to the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 15% of Iowa's population is over 65. The percentage of people 85 years and older is Iowa's fastest growing age group.

59 percent of Iowa caregivers for elderly family members are still in the workforce. And 15 percent of the family caregivers in Iowa live an hour or more from the family member needing assistance.
It is a lot of numbers to keep track but by any measure, one thing is clear—resources need to be available for both Iowa's aging population—and their caregivers.

Find out about Heartland Adult Day Center in Ames, and visit Elizabeth Buchwald who cares for her mother in-law and her mother in-law's sister in her home.
Elizabeth's mother in-law, Katherine Buchwald, attends the day center 3 days a week.

Heartland Adult Day Center Director, Laurie Lybarger says most of her clients learn about the center by word-of-mouth. She said, "It always seems to be some tragic accident or some kind of event has occurred that adult children say, 'Okay, now what are we going to do.'"

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