The Cost of Senior Care: Why Aging Farmers Fear the Nursing Home

NPR

Sep 3, 2024

Profiles a North Dakota farmer as he balances a need for long-term care with cost considerations and a desire to remain on the farm. Highlights struggles faced by many aging farm families, who may feel pressured to sell land and other assets in order to afford the high costs of long-term care. Notes the unpopularity of long-term care insurance and barriers to Medicaid enrollment for landowners.

Aging and aging-related services · Elderly population · Farmers and farmworkers · Long-term care · North Dakota