No-Cost, In-Home Care For Elderly Provided By Family Members Amounts To An Estimated $306B Annually

... Nearly 80% of all long-term care is provided in-home, most of it by family members at no cost, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The care that "29 million Americans provide for free amounts to an estimated $306 billion" annually, according to the Inquirer. Medicaid spending for in-home care has tripled between 1996 and 2005 to $22.7 billion. [click link for full article] ...