Vice President Kamala Harris’ proposal to expand Medicare to cover the costs of long-term care at home, plus vision and hearing benefits for seniors, made only a modest splash in the news. But it caught the attention of USC’s Julie Zissimopoulos, who studies the cost of dementia and the toll it takes on family members caring for persons living with dementia, including those of the “sandwich generation”—adults caring for both their kids and aging parents.
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