Cost, Uncertainty and Stress Plague Long-Distance Caregivers
$8,728 a year. No vacations. No retirement savings. 23 hours a week and up. This is the not-so-secret code of the long-distance caregiver: $8,728 is the average annual out-of-pocket cost; 47% stopped taking vacations to make up for caregiving costs and a lack of extra time; 35% stopped saving for retirement; and 23 hours up […]