{"id":371041,"date":"2026-03-06T13:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/371041\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:51:07","slug":"baby-boomers-are-aging-fast-adult-day-care-can-help-their-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/371041\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby boomers are aging fast. Adult day care can help their caregivers."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1agbrixi _739u100 xkp0cg1 _1lbxzst7\">\n<li class=\"_739u101\">Adult day care centers provide crucial, affordable relief for caregivers, especially members of the \u201csandwich generation\u201d who are taking care of parents and children at the same time. But the estimated 3,100 programs serving an estimated 200,000 people nationally are under constant threat from inadequate funding. <\/li>\n<li class=\"_739u101\">The coming wave of aging baby boomers will dramatically intensify demand for elder care, and put pressure on the federal budget, while a growing \u201cforgotten middle\u201d of seniors \u2014 too wealthy for Medicaid, too poor for private care \u2014 falls through the cracks of the existing funding system.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_739u101\">There are some promising policy experiments in adult day care, but advocates say they\u2019re still fighting to protect what exists rather than expand to meet growing needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">You walk into the room and a whole crowd of people is belting out an uneven but spirited version of \u201cAin\u2019t No Mountain High Enough\u201d by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. A former lawyer dressed in a Beatles T-shirt taps his knees as if he were a professional drummer. Another guy, long and lanky in a well-pressed suit, closes his eyes and quietly sings the chorus with real feeling: \u201cAin\u2019t no valley low enough \/ ain\u2019t no river wide enough \/ to keep me from gettin\u2019 to you, babe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">A woman with long silver hair and a knit hat shouts, \u201cThis is my favorite song!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">She said that last time. And the time before. No, this isn\u2019t a dive bar. And no, this woman isn\u2019t in love with every song in the karaoke binder. This is a day program for elders with dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s. And it\u2019s an oasis for so many older people and their families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">There are over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/fastats\/adsc.htm?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3,100 programs with about 200,000 people nationally<\/a>, and they are in constant threat of being shut down at precisely the moment when we need them most \u2014 as the largest generation of Americans that ever lived ages into retirement, and their children struggle to care for them while often raising children of their own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u201csandwich generation\u201d needs help <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">By 2030, the entire baby boom generation will be 65 and older \u2014 creating an unprecedented need for elder care at a moment when \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-highlight\/23850582\/millennials-aging-parents-boomers-seniors-family-care-taker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sandwich generation<\/a>\u201d caregivers are outnumbered, and often already financially squeezed, including by their younger dependents. Add to that the reality that there is a profound <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phinational.org\/policy-research\/key-facts-faq\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">national shortage of professional caregivers<\/a> to call on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Twenty-three million Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/07\/your-company-needs-an-eldercare-policy#xd_co_f=MjAxZmRjZDMtMTA4Zi00Njk1LTlkYjYtYWFjMDE2NjgzZTY4~\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">now care for elders<\/a>, surpassing the 21 million caring for preschool children. That unpaid care is valued at over <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/invisible-crisis-americas-caregivers-600-billion-unpaid-cost\/story?id=116129335\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$600 billion annually<\/a>, placing tremendous strain on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/pri\/topics\/ltss\/family-caregiving\/caregiving-in-the-us-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">63 million family caregivers<\/a> in America, many of whom are stressed to the point of burn out. According to AARP, half of working caregivers caring for a family member or friend report having to rearrange their work schedule, decrease their hours, or take an unpaid leave in order to meet their caregiving responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Add to this the reality that more people than ever work from home \u2014 the latest government statistics put it at <a href=\"https:\/\/data.bls.gov\/timeseries\/LNU0201B46B\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">about a quarter of us<\/a> \u2014 and it\u2019s increasingly challenging to maintain professionalism on a Zoom call when your elderly dad is popping into the frame to ask when lunch is!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">So how can America meet this inflection point with real, viable solutions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">One answer is hiding in plain sight: day programs (or what insiders call \u201ccommunity-based adult services\u201d or \u201cadult day centers\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">These programs, like child care centers, not only make all the other work of our country possible \u2014 freeing up adult children and partners to stay in the workforce \u2014 but they also offer socialization for our elders and allow for wraparound services, like podiatry, physical therapy, and enrichment like arts and music, all of which are crucial for keeping their quality of life high and their hospital admission low.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">What\u2019s more, day programs are far less costly than the alternatives of home health care and assisted living. According to recent estimates, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carescout.com\/cost-of-care\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">median day program<\/a> costs $100 a day vs. about $200 for assisted living and over $200 for in-home care. And as spending on the elderly is taking up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/471424\/older-voters-property-tax-cuts-social-security-medicare\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">larger and larger chunks of the federal budget<\/a>, any savings could go a long way toward freeing space for other priorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">I became interested in adult day centers when I became a caregiver for my own dad, who has early-onset dementia. He and my mom lived with my family \u2014 me, my husband, and my two kids, 9 and 12 \u2014 for over a year, and it was tumultuous. He would wander out of the house while my mom showered or I was taking a meeting and be found confused and dehydrated miles away. When we tried to bring a professional caregiver in, my mom and I would have to hide in our rooms so he wouldn\u2019t see us; people with dementia often develop shadowing behavior, where they follow their primary caregivers around wherever they go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">His brief stint at Alzheimer\u2019s Services of the East Bay, a day program in California designed for elders with dementia, was a golden time for our whole family \u2014 my burned-out mom could get a nap, I could get my work done, and my kids could have friends over after school without worrying that the noise would cause my dad to become agitated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">But our golden time was short-lived. This program, beloved by so many local families for nearly three decades, was shut down because it couldn\u2019t sustain itself on Medi-Cal reimbursement rates \u2014 the states\u2019 Medicaid program \u2014 that hadn\u2019t budged since 2009. According to Brian Rutldedge, executive director of the California Association for Adult Day Services, the state gave the organization $76.27 a day for care that costs $250 to provide. Leadership at the program was forced to turn Medicaid-qualifying seniors away, or put themselves in financial ruin; they chose the latter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2024\/11\/22\/alzheimers-services-of-the-east-bay-is-closing-after-35-years\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it eventually bankrupted them.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">A few months later, we drove my dad to a memory care facility where he has lived ever since; an alternative that we are lucky enough to be able to pay for, despite the fact that it is three times what we were paying out-of-pocket for his day program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Many of the other families in that program have not been so lucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">\u201cA year later, my mom still gets up every morning asking when the van will pick her up,\u201d one adult daughter of a former client told me. \u201cThis is heartbreaking for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">She\u2019s yet to find a long-term alternative solution that can fit their needs and budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s holding adult day care centers back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Adult day care centers were originally designed with the kinds of issues facing families like ours in mind. William Zagorski\u2019s parents started Tennessee\u2019s first medical-model day program when he was just 11 years old in 1991 after his grandmother was discharged from a social model program because of her tendency to wander (she had dementia) and the fact that she needed medication assistance. He now runs three centers in his home state and is the chair of the board of the National Adult Day Services Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Day programs, Zagorski says, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carescout.com\/cost-of-care\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cost a fraction<\/a> of more intensive services like skilled nursing facilities and assisted living. They \u201ccombat loneliness, and they are far less vulnerable to worker shortages\u201d in an industry where help is chronically in short supply. \u201cThey really are the best-kept secret in America,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1iohv3z2 xkp0cg9\">An increasing number of elders in the United States fall into what some researchers call the \u201cforgotten middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">But my own family experience struggling to find care options isn\u2019t unique. And precisely as the silver wave of boomers is cresting, the One Big Beautiful Bill will make it harder for centers to stay open. The bill dramatically reduces state funding and flexibility, which <a href=\"https:\/\/justiceinaging.org\/the-budget-reconciliation-act-of-2025-means-harmful-cuts-for-older-adults\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">advocates warn<\/a> will force decision makers into lose-lose decisions, such as which Medicaid services to pull back on. The vast majority of those in day programs depend on public benefits of some kind \u2014 whether Medicaid, Veterans Affairs, or Older Americans Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">This isn\u2019t the first time these programs have been in jeopardy. During the Great Recession, an economic-driven drop in government funding led states to reduce Medicaid\u2019s reach and impact. In California, where I live, the state proposed eliminating adult day health care entirely as a cost saving measure, even though adult day is unarguably cheaper than the alternatives. Advocacy and lawsuits were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calhealthreport.org\/2011\/11\/17\/state-settles-suit-over-adult-day-health-care-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only thing that kept it going.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">There was also a dramatic drop in day programs <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC12263164\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during the height of the Covid pandemic<\/a>, which made it dangerous for elders to gather in person. Tia Sauceda, who is now the executive director of the National Adult Day Services Association, ran four day programs in Colorado at that time, and three of the four had to shut down. \u201cWe\u2019re back there again, just needing to defend what we have, rather than having the luxury of imagining how we can expand to meet the growing need,\u201d Sauceda said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">The funding formula for these programs also creates additional difficulties for families. An increasing number of elders in the United States fall into what some researchers call the \u201cforgotten middle\u201d \u2014 meaning their annual income and accumulated savings are too high for them to qualify for Medicaid and too low for them to afford in-home professional care, day programs, or assisted living. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norc.org\/content\/dam\/norc-org\/documents\/standard-projects-pdf\/NORC%20Forgotten%20Middle%202022%20-%20Analysis%20and%20Findings.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One report<\/a> estimates that over the next decade, the number of middle-income seniors will almost double \u2014 reaching almost 16 million by 2033.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Families are often forced into an impossible choice \u2014 spend down their parents\u2019 hard-earned assets so they can be destitute enough to qualify for Medicaid, or let them hold onto what they\u2019ve earned and go into debt in other ways trying to get them the care they need. One adult daughter I spoke to had to make the heartbreaking decision to sell the home her mother had worked her entire life to buy \u2014 a symbol for her of breaking generational hardship after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/videos\/2017\/3\/1\/14780034\/black-belt-great-migration-mapped\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Great Migration<\/a> \u2014 and plunge her mother back into poverty just so they could get the care she needed as her dementia advanced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New models of adult care offer hope for future growth <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">One of the largest day program operators in the country is called Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). There are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npaonline.org\/find-a-pace-program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">198 PACE programs<\/a> operating in 33 states plus the District of Columbia. Over 90 percent of elders enrolled in PACE are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npaonline.org\/eligibility-requirements\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dual eligible for Medicaid and Medicare<\/a>, which pays for their participation. PACE is the epitome of a one-stop-shop for vulnerable elders \u2014 providing medical care, prescriptions, activities, home care, transportation, various kinds of therapies, meals, and even housing navigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">But PACE isn\u2019t a panacea. It\u2019s designed for vulnerable elders 55 and over, but not specifically people like my dad and the 7 million other Americans with Alzheimer\u2019s\/dementia who need particular kinds of environmental conditions and support with transitions. Its one-stop-shop nature also isn\u2019t for everyone; some elders would like more discretion about their health care providers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Perhaps the most powerful solution, certainly for sandwich generation caregivers, is colocated care programs, where child care and elder care happen on the same site, and even intermingle. Studies show that <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC2685273\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elders with dementia are often supported by the Montessori<\/a> approach that\u2019s typically associated with children. The emphasis on tactile learning, sense of roles and responsibilities, and collaboration are all excellent for both stages of brain development. But, unfortunately, these kinds of colocated programs are still relatively rare in the United States; by most estimates there are <a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2025\/01\/intergenerational-care-benefits-children-seniors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only about 150 total<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">While advocates continue to fight for Medicaid reimbursement rates to be raised, and the pie-in-the-sky dream of Medicare coverage for day programs, all eyes are on Washington state, where the very first public mandatory long-term care insurance program \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/wacaresfund.wa.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WaCares<\/a> \u2014 is starting to make its first payouts. The program provides funding for Washingtonians to pay for, among a variety of things, professional care like that provided in adult day centers. If it works, many other states are poised to adopt this model. Nationally, <a href=\"https:\/\/ldi.upenn.edu\/our-work\/research-updates\/reforming-long-term-care-policy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent Americans 50 and older have long-term care insurance<\/a> despite the fact that seven out of 10 Americans will need long-term care at some point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Private sector solutions could also make a huge difference. Forward-thinking employers could include elder care as part of their benefits \u2014 most significantly, on-site care, or even just investing in local programs, reimbursing employees for the costs associated with sending their aging parents to programs, or at the very lightest touch, care navigation (whereas their employees can count on support finding local resources). Only 7 percent of employers are currently offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/content\/dam\/en\/shrm\/topics-tools\/research\/employee-benefits\/2025_annual_benefits_survey_executive_summary.pdf?trk=public_post_comment-text&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subsidies or on-site services for eldercare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">One bright spot is Medicare\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/priorities\/innovation\/innovation-models\/guide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guiding and Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) program<\/a>, which officially began in 2024. It will run for eight years. It is a federal effort to support both people with dementia and their caregivers by providing care navigation, a 24\/7 support line, caregiver training and education, and most importantly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/caregiving\/what-respite-care\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">respite services<\/a> \u2014 short-term relief for caregivers \u2014 of up to $2,500 annually. This is the first time that Medicare funds are going directly to ongoing respite care, which is, in a sense, a policy gateway to arguing that adult day programs should be funded more broadly by Medicare dollars rather than Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Advocates are encouraged by these experiments, but they\u2019re still only a start. In the coming years, they\u2019re hoping to protect existing programs, advocate for additional ones, and collect more data to make their case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">\u201cThe economic argument is there, but it\u2019s more than that,\u201d Sauceda, the National Adult Day Services Association executive director, said. \u201cThese programs are a life raft in the caregiver space. At the end of the day, we are truly changing lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adult day care centers provide crucial, affordable relief for caregivers, especially members of the \u201csandwich generation\u201d who are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275],"tags":[18,1652,135,475,474,19,17,3255,12318,3700,29603],"class_list":{"0":"post-371041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-family","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-health-care","12":"tag-healthcare","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-life","16":"tag-policy","17":"tag-relationships","18":"tag-the-highlight"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116182560616441758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}