What the Conversation Around the “Great Resignation” Leaves Out

While her high school classmates joined clubs, Jennifer Lagemann, 23, joined the ranks of unpaid caretakers. She lived with her grandmother, mother, and aunt. They immigrated to America from Vietnam in 1992. When Lagemann’s grandmother had a stroke, her family couldn’t find out what care her grandmother was eligible to receive. Lagemann says that they “didn’t know where to go. We didn’t have existing knowledge of what was available.” If they had known how to navigate America’s Byzantine benefits system, they would have discovered that not much was available. Instead, they relied on each other. Her mother and aunt worked… Read Full Article