On Eldercare, The Math Is Unforgiving

$21 per hour times 44 hours per week times 52 weeks per year = $48,048.

. It all adds up to $109 billion out-of-pocket and $629 billion in total. This does not appear to include under-the-table care , and it does not include the economic value of family caregiving, whichas $470 billion, based on 40 million caregivers providing an average of 18 hours of care per week, at an average hypothetical wage of $12.51.

, by Ai-Jen Poo, explains that two-thirds of domestic workers are foreign born, half are here illegally, and their illegal status results in below-minimum wage pay, uncompensated overtime, and other unfair practices. Poo advocates for a guest worker program as well, but, again, regardless of who's doing the work, it costs money.

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