The cost of long-term care keeps going up, and it's a growing problem for Americans of all ages

A caregiver visits Lana Mountford's place a few hours a week. Chona Kasinger for BI Some days, Tamara Johnson wonders how her life changed so rapidly. Johnson, 58, made six figures in an executive leadership position, and when her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and dementia in 2017, she moved from New Orleans to Virginia, where she continued to work while caring for her mother. Three years after her mom's death in 2020, Johnson's husband suffered a series of catastrophic medical…