The news is not good as baby boomers approach their own senior years.  The same curses that have plagued our parents are still with us, but we need solutions fast mainly because of the large overwhelming  numbers in our group.

 Here are some of the issues.

 Baby boomer Alzheimer's cases expected to  double  Massachusetts is expecting 22,000 new cases of Alzheimer's within the next two years. Remember there are 49 other states facing the same problems…

Medicare ill equipped to handle baby boomers  The biggest need here is for more health care workers and health care professionals who specialize in geriatric care

Baby Boomers Need You  There will be plenty of job opportunities for younger generations as our generation ages

What I'm gathering from the news is we've confounded every institution we've hit throughout  our lives. Remember elementary school?  There were so many kids at my school, which was located on a college campus, they put one sixth grade class in a closet in the basement of one of the dorms. (Or it was a room without windows that I thought  of as a closet. )

The last institutions  for us now are nursing homes and Medicare.  From what we're reading the government is not ready for us and is ill prepared to deal with our needs.   That means we need to be as independent as possible.   That will take plenty of  planning.

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