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QUESTION
How many immigrant older adults are in long-term care, and what are their challenges?
1:21:32
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Council Member Gale Brewer questions the prevalence and challenges of immigrant older adults in long-term care.
- Brewer highlights that long-term care is problematic.
- Many immigrant communities underutilize long-term care due to high costs.
- The council member seeks data on the number of immigrant older adults in long-term care.
- Brewer is interested in the specific challenges faced by these individuals.
Gale Brewer
1:21:32
Finally, long term care is a mess.
1:21:35
So most many immigrant communities don't necessarily take advantage of long term care.
1:21:41
I understand that's expensive.
1:21:42
I deal with it all the time with my constituents.
1:21:45
There's nothing but a nightmare.
1:21:46
Do you have any sense of how many older adults who are immigrants are in long term care?
1:21:52
What kind of challenges that they have to deal with.
Anya Herasme
1:21:58
I I don't believe we have that kind of specific data.
1:22:00
Of course, we can help any clients, they either come to an older adult center or are part of case management to enroll in long term care.
1:22:07
But we don't necessarily know how many immigrants have those services.