Keeping the promise, inc. email format

My mother asked me to promise that I would take care of her, and not have her put away in a nursing home. I have been care taking for her through Alzheimers since 2010. I also cared for an uncle from 2008 until his passing in 2016. During this time of caregiving, I learned that there are great shortcomings in our system. I also learned that we are facing increasing challenges that will grow drastically quickly. KTP is a not for profit senior advocacy organization created to provide the public with information that exposes the urgent problems we have, reveals the hero organizations in place that support seniors, advocates on behalf of seniors and points seniors and caregivers to resource providers. The care for elders is being pushed into the home. This is happening as governments work to shed the cost and responsibility of care. The sheer numbers of emergent seniors from the Baby Boomer generation is overwhelming the system. The continued exploding costs of healthcare are compounding the issue. The combination of unhealthy lifestyles with a care system that has improved in the delivery of drugs that prolong life further complicates the problems. People are living longer and living in conditions of sickness and the structure of the healthcare system cannot sustain this situation. Our politicians have simply played kick the can down the road and will until nothing can be done, but to move the care and cost of care into the home. If this sounds bad, it is actually worse than it sounds. People are dying everyday and that number will multiply over time. People’s assets are drained, their life savings gone and unless we act quickly and decisively, the cart will go over the cliff. When that happens, families will be burdened in such a way that seniors will have few if any options for living with dignity as they age. Keeping the Promise is here to sound the alarm and create the life we want and need for our parents, our grandparents and ourselves; for our own futures.