“The 2020s Will Be A Tipping Point For Elder Care In The US,” by Howard Gleckman, Forbes

 

Quote:

“As 2020 dawns, the US is about to reach a critical, historic tipping point in its need to care for frail older adults. And we are tragically unprepared. In just five years, the first of the 77-million strong Baby Boom generation will reach age 80—the time when people’s frailty increases dramatically and they begin to need high levels of long-term supports and services. And by the end of the new decade, millions of those early Boomers will reach 85, when their care needs increase even more. …We have wasted a generation. Now, the inexorable demographics of old age are about to force us to confront an historic social challenge for which we are unprepared. Time has run out.”

 

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Finally, something I can agree with this author about. Except, he has no clue why we’re in this mess or what to do about it. That’s what I’ll explain in tomorrow’s “LTC Bullet: Where Long-Term Care Went Wrong and How to Fix It.” Check it out.