The family caregiver breaks. Created by unpaid family care: one person's decline consumes another's life.
This is a need. Something a person cannot ignore. Non-negotiable, usually urgent, and the most reliable foundation for a business. It is felt by the family, continuously, and rates 4 out of 5 for the pressure it exerts.
It is rooted in Scarce time and Safety.
This friction did not arise on its own. It was created by Family caregiving — a solution to an earlier problem that produced this one.
The market has answered it in 3 ways: Caregiver leave and employer support, Respite care and Caregiver support groups
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The line back to a human being
3 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- FrictionThe family caregiver breaks
- SolutionFamily caregiving
- FrictionCannot manage washing, dressing, eating, or moving alone
- Life phaseDecline
- Rooted inSafety
- Rooted inScarce time
- Rooted inShelter
Relieved by
Every one of these is a business, an institution or a habit built on this single pressure.