[j-conn]

“It’s not rocket science — you’ve either got to pay more, or you’ve got to let in way more people. … There are wonderful, caring people all over the world who would like to come care for our seniors at the wages we’re willing to pay, and we just have to let them in,” Gruber said.

This is the crux of it. The government should also subsidize and directly administer more senior care, especially given the economic drag from having family members step into these roles

[reactordev]

The government actively tries to block any attempt. After two father deaths and now my mother in elderly care, it’s a damned nightmare. They have means but can’t make decisions. They get easily confused. I could go on but my sister and I basically have badges at the facility because of their short staff. We have real jobs this takes away from.

[fzeroracer]

The other wealthier boomers and rich assholes have long decided they'd rather squeeze even more blood from the stone because they have the money to cover any senior care they need. This was a problem slowly coming down the tracks for decades but why fix it when it can be used to turn a profit. Especially when people continue to act against their own self interest.

[nitwit005]

The vast majority of the US population is immigrants, or their descendants. You can think of immigration as the cause of all these expensive to care for retirees.

All of my ancestors came over and did hard jobs for low pay, which is essentially what is being suggested here. The cycle repeats.

[incompatible]

It was predicted a few decades ago by looking a demographics. Where would we be now if we hadn't had all that time to prepare?

[toomuchtodo]

Same spot because we made the choice to do nothing different with the lead time. At least the population compression is locked in [1], the short term pain will be dealt with regardless.

[1] https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/Slides_London.pdf