This is a very interesting article on the how the aging baby boomer's will impact the health care system as it relates to long-term care. The article and most of the statistics and financial information are for the San Francisco area but I believe it is relevant to any community.
One trend that continues to interest me is the increasing numbers of "single households" and how this will impact senior care. On a national level, there will be more than twice as many single households as the previous generation, mainly due to higher divorce rates, according to a McKinsey Global Institute analysis in 2007.
This means that many seniors will have to turn to community resources or other living arrangements as they age and are unable to care for themselves. True, they can rely on their children but that's assuming the children are local and many are not.
Either way, this demographic trend will no doubt have a major impact on the senior care marketplace - and possibly how/where we as caregivers live.
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