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| When the Age Wave Hits: The State of Senior Caregiving in America |
| A Home Instead Senior Care Annual Report, January 2009
Home Instead Senior Care® -- a network of 800 franchises providing non-medical home care to senior citizens on four continents -- has released the results of one of the largest surveys ever conducted on the state of senior caregiving in the United States, including feedback from more than 16,000 caregivers. The report also draws on secondary sources to paint a full picture of the state of caregiving in America. The findings provide important new, and often disturbing, insights into what lies ahead for the United States as retiring Baby Boomers create an "age wave" of unprecedented size and impact on the nation. |
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| Caring for the Aging: The Old System Is Obsolete, Time to Create a New Model |
| Rational, economical, sustainable reform of America’s healthcare system is a national imperative. There are many parts to achieving reform, but no plan will be complete if it fails to address the issue of providing for the care of America’s aging population. |
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| Paying for Senior Care: Consumers Should Shoulder the Load, But With Some Help from Washington |
| Policymakers who undertake the urgent task of reforming and strengthening the care continuum for America’s seniors must respond to a daunting double challenge: An “age wave” of baby boomers is about to descend upon the nation – by 2025, the number of seniors will approach 72 million -- yet the nation faces an economic crisis that will impose severe long-term restrictions on what the state and federal governments can afford. |
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| Who Will Care for the Nation’s Growing Population of Seniors?: The U.S. Must Take an Array of Actions to Ensure Enough Caregivers for the Baby Boomer ‘Age Wave’ |
| The demographics of the “age wave” that is about to descend upon the United States have been well-documented. One way of describing it is that beginning in 2011, more than 8,000 people will turn 65 every day. At that rate of growth, the nation’s senior population will reach almost 72 million by 2025. |
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