I hear you. Your daughter's to be admired for her service to the elderly, and her compensation did indeed fail to recognize its value. Nevertheless, as best I can tell, the costs to the elderly are typically beyond affordable for average folk.

Thanks, and to be clear, though my daughter did think her and her co-workers were underpaid, that did not affect the level of care she gave her residents. She is a caring soul, as are most who chose this work. She's quit now her med school application was successful, but she goes back to visit her residents every month or so. The one's that are left.

I think I misunderstood your comment: "That's a cross-generational stripping of the vast majority for the benefit of a small minority who aren't overly bothered by the exorbitant rates demanded to secure acceptable senior services."

My daughter's generation are definitely not the ones benefitting. But just like general medical care, if the workers are paid more the costs to the patient go up.

Living out one's last days in a nursing home, not able to feed oneself or use the bathroom, it's no way to live. It's not for me.