WEBVTT 00:01.302 --> 00:02.035 CLASS LIFE. NOW THEY STRUGGLE EVERY DAY JUST 00:02.069 --> 00:06.106 NOW THEY STRUGGLE EVERY DAY JUST TO STAY AFLOAT. 00:06.140 --> 00:09.943 TO STAY AFLOAT. >> PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THE 00:09.944 --> 00:11.311 >> PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL PART OF LIVING WITH 00:11.312 --> 00:14.614 FINANCIAL PART OF LIVING WITH SOMEBODY WITH A DEVASTATING 00:14.615 --> 00:14.948 SOMEBODY WITH A DEVASTATING DISEASE. 00:14.949 --> 00:17.217 DISEASE. IT REALLY HAS DEVASTATED OUR 00:17.218 --> 00:17.551 IT REALLY HAS DEVASTATED OUR FAMILY. 00:17.552 --> 00:20.353 FAMILY. >> MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS, JANICE 00:20.388 --> 00:22.755 >> MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS, JANICE AND MIKE HASSETT WERE LIVING THE 00:22.757 --> 00:24.558 AND MIKE HASSETT WERE LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM, THEY HAVE THREE 00:24.559 --> 00:25.358 AMERICAN DREAM, THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, HIS 00:25.360 --> 00:26.292 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, HIS SUCCESSFUL LAW PRACTICE ALLOWED 00:26.327 --> 00:28.261 SUCCESSFUL LAW PRACTICE ALLOWED THEM TO LIVE IN THIS PICTURESQUE 00:28.262 --> 00:30.563 THEM TO LIVE IN THIS PICTURESQUE HOME, SEND THEIR GIRLS TO GOOD 00:30.565 --> 00:32.566 HOME, SEND THEIR GIRLS TO GOOD SCHOOLS AND SAVE FOR RETIREMENT. 00:32.567 --> 00:36.236 SCHOOLS AND SAVE FOR RETIREMENT. BUT FIVE YEARS AGO, ALL THAT 00:36.237 --> 00:36.770 BUT FIVE YEARS AGO, ALL THAT CAME CRUMBLING DOWN. 00:36.771 --> 00:38.071 CAME CRUMBLING DOWN. >> MIKE CAME TO ME ONE DAY, AND 00:38.072 --> 00:40.073 >> MIKE CAME TO ME ONE DAY, AND HE HAD A HANDFUL OF BUSINESS 00:40.074 --> 00:42.275 HE HAD A HANDFUL OF BUSINESS BILLS IN HIS HAND AND HE SAID TO 00:42.277 --> 00:44.544 BILLS IN HIS HAND AND HE SAID TO ME, I CAN’T PAY THESE BILLS. 00:44.546 --> 00:45.579 ME, I CAN’T PAY THESE BILLS. I DON’T KNOW NUMBERS ANYMORE. 00:45.613 --> 00:46.747 I DON’T KNOW NUMBERS ANYMORE. HE COULDN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE 00:46.781 --> 00:49.182 HE COULDN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 5 AND A 10. 00:49.217 --> 00:51.051 BETWEEN A 5 AND A 10. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK? 00:51.085 --> 00:52.586 >> WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> I WAS REALLY GETTING SCARED 00:52.587 --> 00:54.555 >> I WAS REALLY GETTING SCARED AND I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING 00:54.556 --> 00:55.689 AND I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING REALLY DEVASTATING WRONG. 00:55.690 --> 00:57.558 REALLY DEVASTATING WRONG. >> AT 61, MIKE WAS DIAGNOSED 00:57.559 --> 00:59.193 >> AT 61, MIKE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S 00:59.194 --> 01:01.562 WITH EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, WITH HIS COGNITIVE 01:01.563 --> 01:03.063 DISEASE, WITH HIS COGNITIVE ABILITIES DECLINING EVERY DAY, 01:03.065 --> 01:04.665 ABILITIES DECLINING EVERY DAY, HE COULDN’T WORK. 01:04.666 --> 01:06.366 HE COULDN’T WORK. THEIR BILLS PILED UP, THEIR 01:06.368 --> 01:07.801 THEIR BILLS PILED UP, THEIR SAVINGS PLUMMETED, FORCING THEM 01:07.835 --> 01:09.536 SAVINGS PLUMMETED, FORCING THEM TO SELL THEIR BELOVED HOME AND 01:09.571 --> 01:11.171 TO SELL THEIR BELOVED HOME AND MOVE INTO THIS SMALL, ONE 01:11.173 --> 01:13.007 MOVE INTO THIS SMALL, ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. 01:13.041 --> 01:17.044 BEDROOM APARTMENT. GETTING ANY GOVERNMENTAL AID FOR 01:17.078 --> 01:18.212 GETTING ANY GOVERNMENTAL AID FOR MIKE’S CARE REQUIRED JANET TO 01:18.246 --> 01:19.913 MIKE’S CARE REQUIRED JANET TO FILL OUT MONTHS OF PAPERWORK. 01:19.915 --> 01:20.647 FILL OUT MONTHS OF PAPERWORK. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY 01:20.682 --> 01:23.017 >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY YOU GET UP AND YOU’RE JUST LIKE 01:23.018 --> 01:23.517 YOU GET UP AND YOU’RE JUST LIKE TREADING WATER. 01:23.519 --> 01:24.284 TREADING WATER. >> OH, YEAH. 01:24.286 --> 01:24.585 >> OH, YEAH. YEAH. 01:24.586 --> 01:26.687 YEAH. AND THE WORST PART IS I CAN’T GO 01:26.688 --> 01:27.721 AND THE WORST PART IS I CAN’T GO TO WORK. 01:27.722 --> 01:29.223 TO WORK. I’M ABLE BODIED BUT I CANNOT GO 01:29.257 --> 01:29.657 I’M ABLE BODIED BUT I CANNOT GO TO WORK. 01:29.691 --> 01:31.825 TO WORK. IF I GO TO WORK, I LOSE MY 01:31.826 --> 01:32.192 IF I GO TO WORK, I LOSE MY BENEFITS. 01:32.194 --> 01:33.794 BENEFITS. >> FOR MILLIONS OF FEMALES LIKE 01:33.796 --> 01:37.031 >> FOR MILLIONS OF FEMALES LIKE THE HASSETS, THE FINANCIAL 01:37.065 --> 01:38.766 THE HASSETS, THE FINANCIAL STRAIN OF CARE GIVING IS 01:38.800 --> 01:39.233 STRAIN OF CARE GIVING IS OVERWHELMING. 01:39.234 --> 01:41.102 OVERWHELMING. MIKE CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR 01:41.103 --> 01:42.837 MIKE CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR HIMSELF, MEANING JANICE HAS TO 01:42.838 --> 01:46.040 HIMSELF, MEANING JANICE HAS TO BE THERE FULL-TIME, FEEDING HIM, 01:46.041 --> 01:47.308 BE THERE FULL-TIME, FEEDING HIM, BRUSHING MIZ 01:47.309 --> 01:48.042 BRUSHING MIZ BRUSHING HIS TEETH AND HAIR, 01:48.043 --> 01:49.043 BRUSHING HIS TEETH AND HAIR, DRESSING HIM AND TAKING HIM TO 01:49.044 --> 01:49.844 DRESSING HIM AND TAKING HIM TO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS. 01:49.845 --> 01:51.045 DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS. >> EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE GOT 01:51.080 --> 01:52.246 >> EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE GOT HAS GOT TO GO INTO THE CARE AND 01:52.247 --> 01:53.681 HAS GOT TO GO INTO THE CARE AND FEEDING OF HIM, AND THEN WHAT 01:53.715 --> 01:55.649 FEEDING OF HIM, AND THEN WHAT WILL BE LEFT FOR YOU? 01:55.651 --> 01:56.350 WILL BE LEFT FOR YOU? >> YES. 01:56.352 --> 01:57.818 >> YES. BUT THAT’S WHERE THE GUILT COMES 01:57.819 --> 01:58.052 BUT THAT’S WHERE THE GUILT COMES IN. 01:58.086 --> 02:00.254 IN. YOU START TO FEEL GUILTY, YOU 02:00.255 --> 02:02.556 YOU START TO FEEL GUILTY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SHOULD BE 02:02.558 --> 02:02.924 KNOW, LIKE WE SHOULD BE SELFLESS. 02:02.958 --> 02:06.561 SELFLESS. BUT THEN I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF 02:06.562 --> 02:08.763 BUT THEN I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF I’M HUMAN, AND I STRUGGLE WITH 02:08.798 --> 02:09.097 I’M HUMAN, AND I STRUGGLE WITH THAT. 02:09.131 --> 02:11.265 THAT. >> TODAY, NEARLY HALF OF ALL 02:11.266 --> 02:12.567 >> TODAY, NEARLY HALF OF ALL ALZHEIMER’S FAMILIES LIVE IN 02:12.601 --> 02:14.469 ALZHEIMER’S FAMILIES LIVE IN FINANCIAL JEOPARDY, HAVING TO 02:14.470 --> 02:16.638 FINANCIAL JEOPARDY, HAVING TO SACRIFICE BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS 02:16.672 --> 02:18.740 SACRIFICE BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL CARE, 02:18.741 --> 02:20.842 TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL CARE, EVEN FOOD, MANY GOING HUNGRY 02:20.843 --> 02:22.777 EVEN FOOD, MANY GOING HUNGRY BECAUSE THERE ISN’T ENOUGH MONEY 02:22.778 --> 02:23.578 BECAUSE THERE ISN’T ENOUGH MONEY TO AFFORD PROPER MEALS. 02:23.579 --> 02:24.879 TO AFFORD PROPER MEALS. >> I THINK IT’S SHAMEFUL THAT 02:24.914 --> 02:26.481 >> I THINK IT’S SHAMEFUL THAT WE’RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS, AND 02:26.482 --> 02:27.916 WE’RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS, AND IT’S TIME TO ACT. 02:27.950 --> 02:30.084 IT’S TIME TO ACT. >> SENATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL 02:30.085 --> 02:31.586 >> SENATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AMY KLOBUCHAR KNOWS 02:31.587 --> 02:34.088 CANDIDATE AMY KLOBUCHAR KNOWS THE CARE GIVER BURDEN FIRSTHAND. 02:34.123 --> 02:35.690 THE CARE GIVER BURDEN FIRSTHAND. HER OWN FATHER JIM HAS 02:35.691 --> 02:36.124 HER OWN FATHER JIM HAS ALZHEIMER’S. 02:36.158 --> 02:38.092 ALZHEIMER’S. >> WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO 02:38.093 --> 02:40.361 >> WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. 02:40.362 --> 02:41.562 GET LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. >> NOW SHE’S FOSTERING THE 02:41.564 --> 02:43.565 >> NOW SHE’S FOSTERING THE ALZHEIMER’S CARE GIVERS SUPPORT 02:43.566 --> 02:45.099 ALZHEIMER’S CARE GIVERS SUPPORT ACT, ONE OF SEVERAL BILLS 02:45.134 --> 02:46.500 ACT, ONE OF SEVERAL BILLS PENDING IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD 02:46.502 --> 02:47.902 PENDING IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD OFFER FAMILY CARE GIVERS 02:47.903 --> 02:49.070 OFFER FAMILY CARE GIVERS EVERYTHING FROM FREE TRAINING 02:49.104 --> 02:50.304 EVERYTHING FROM FREE TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO TAX 02:50.306 --> 02:50.605 AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO TAX BREAKS. 02:50.640 --> 02:52.507 BREAKS. >> WE CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER 02:52.508 --> 02:53.775 >> WE CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER BECAUSE WE’RE SEEING MORE AND 02:53.809 --> 02:54.909 BECAUSE WE’RE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GET ALZHEIMER’S. 02:54.910 --> 02:58.012 MORE PEOPLE GET ALZHEIMER’S. IT’S BECOMING MORE AND MORE 02:58.013 --> 02:58.379 IT’S BECOMING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE. 02:58.380 --> 03:01.116 EXPENSIVE. >> TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE 03:01.149 --> 03:03.752 >> TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE HASSETS, WHILE JANET HAS GOT 03:03.786 --> 03:05.820 HASSETS, WHILE JANET HAS GOT MIKE QUALIFIED FOR FREE DAY 03:05.821 --> 03:07.689 MIKE QUALIFIED FOR FREE DAY CARE, SHE SAYS ALZHEIMER’S HAS 03:07.690 --> 03:09.824 CARE, SHE SAYS ALZHEIMER’S HAS ALL BUT DEPLETED THEIR SAVINGS, 03:09.859 --> 03:11.259 ALL BUT DEPLETED THEIR SAVINGS, MAKING EVERY DAY A STRUGGLE TO 03:11.294 --> 03:11.626 MAKING EVERY DAY A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE. 03:11.661 --> 03:12.927 SURVIVE. >> BECAUSE THAT’S A REAL PLACE, 03:12.929 --> 03:14.729 >> BECAUSE THAT’S A REAL PLACE, RIGHT, THAT YOU’RE GOING TO RUN 03:14.731 --> 03:17.298 RIGHT, THAT YOU’RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY SOON. 03:17.333 --> 03:18.233 OUT OF MONEY SOON. >> YES. 03:18.234 --> 03:20.235 >> YES. IT IS. 03:20.236 --> 03:20.735 IT IS. THAT’S MY REALITY. 03:20.770 --> 03:21.669 THAT’S MY REALITY. I’M SCARED. 03:21.704 --> 03:22.070 I’M SCARED. IT’S VERY FRIGHTENING TO FEEL