Honorable Mention / 2022 / Fine Art / People

• Photographer
  Steven Weisz, United States
• Studio
  Art Imagined

Growing old in America has become an increasingly expensive privilege requiring support and services, whether provided at home or in a facility. Americans are living longer. The financial strain has become unsustainable and families are facing a financial crisis as never before. It is the ignored epidemic. Medicare only handles post-acute care, generally after a hospital stay. It does not handle routine living assistance or custodial care which has now fallen on families, many caring for a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer's, adding an overwhelming emotional strain as well.