Older Americans fear losing Haitian caregivers with TPS changes
The expiration of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants is causing significant anxiety for elderly Americans who rely on them for home health care. As caregivers face potential deportation, families and care agencies are struggling to find replacements in an already understaffed industry.
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It illustrates the intersection of immigration policy and the growing crisis in elder care, highlighting the human impact of administrative changes.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Who will be there each morning with Solange French’s eggs at breakfast, and who will be ready with soup or fish at lunch? When the 91-year-old needs help in the shower, who will rush to her side, and when it’s time for a doctor’s appointment, who will take her? Who will do the laundry or buy the groceries or clean the house?
Until now, the answer has been a doting home health aide from Haiti named Martha Nelson. But with the Supreme Court sanctioning a White House immigration crackdown, Nelson’s permission to stay in the country appears likely to be yanked within days, leaving French worried.
“She’s with me all the time,” says French. “Life would be impossible.”
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