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How Seniors Live Now
I saw this article and thought it was an interesting view on of the different ways seniors live and the importance of caring for all needs.
NY Times: How Seniors Live Now;
It’s an increasingly challenging time we live in now. These individuals in the piece represent a cross section of seniors in our once great nation, which I believe can once again be achieved if we create a feasible plan. I’ve been researching various senior community models and feel that an innovative combination of these options can be the answer for seniors in need.
I got to see firsthand the trials that seniors were going through as I cared for my own fabulous father as he aged. Then I was suddenly confronted by choices and obstacles I never knew existed; health insurance, prescriptions, pills for this, doctors for that, in-home health, adult day care, surgery options, end of life decision making, hospice care, etc. Even with all of my resources, I struggled with my state of affairs and that’s when it struck me that that there must be millions of families across the country that were faced with even more difficult circumstances as they tried to care for their elderly loved ones. It also dawned on me that as we are all living longer and the largest growing population is baby boomers, this was a disaster in the making for our Country.
I’m working on a project here on the West Coast that seeks to create a senior care facility that will hopefully begin building in 2011. I want to create an innovative combined housing, adult day care, short term caregiver respite and community center model called “The Golden Inn”—a pilot program is in progress on California’s Central Coast with the goal to create a replicable model to serve low-income seniors in communities throughout the United States. We will prove to those who need help the most that you can live in the generation we are referring to as “The Golden Years.”
The bottom line is that there are more and more aging people who cannot afford decent housing versus those who can, and I am dedicated to this mission of advocacy for seniors in need.