The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America's elderly

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2. Surgeries are expensive

My Mother was in a small, assisted living facility for well-to-do women. Most of those women were in their 90's.

Multiple surgeries were common. The surgeries, the MD visits, the tests, transportation for all this. Many $100,000s for each person, for all that. [And, their lifestyles were relatively healthier than most].