Who Will Care For Our Parents and Grandparents?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 22, 2018

As the population ages and more people would like to grow old in their homes, E Tammy Kim, freelance writer and fellow at The Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, reports for Bloomberg Businessweek on the challenges in our home-care infrastructure, from paying for it to the working conditions for caregivers.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

MTA plans to beat the heat at sweltering subway stations with heat capture technology

The solution would store heat for wintertime use, and could roll out as soon as 2027.
Gothamist |

How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains

Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

The Story Behind Trump’s Terrible Approval Rating

Plus, the origins of Trump’s media watchdog.
On the Media |

How the ABA Changed the NBA

All Of It with Alison Stewart |
YOU ARE ONLINE