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When the Person with a Disability Outlives the Caregiver
It’s a sobering thought, yet, according to AgingCare.com, 30% of caregivers do not live longer than the person they are caring for. There are many diseases, injuries or illnesses that may not result in early death, thus causing a potential quandary. In conversation the other day, a person told me that they are about ten years older than their spouse. Generally people in his family have died in their 60’s or 70’s, however, their spouses’ family commonly live into their 90’s. If statistics hold firm, the possibility is there for the spouse with the disability to live as much as 30 years longer than the care-giving spouse.