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Papa Inc., a Y combinator co, offers a kind of TaskRabbit for seniors. It’s covered by Medicare Advantage and some company health plans. And it’s got some disturbing incident reports.
Go to a nursing home sometime that isn’t super duper nice and expensive. You’ll see underpaid healthcare professionals using unwieldly and underserving equipment treating people they disdain all for gross profit from corporations

Then ask yourself if elderly abuse is really surprising at all