Serve Elders and Shape a Growing Market CD

2006 reports from US Census Bureau and NIH state that people over 85 are the fastest growing segment of our population and are living longer. These predictable findings contain two unprecedented trends. 1. The Care Gap Currently, for every 6 elders needing professional assistance, there is only 1 qualified caregiver to provide that assistance; a ratio of 6 to1. By 2020, given 2006 known trends in aging and in caregivers training, this ratio expands alarmingly to 20 to 1. 2. Aging in Place Unprecedented numbers of elders are choosing not to move into an elder care facility, deciding instead to stay at home, to age in place as long as possible. This means that many elder care services they seek will have to come into their homes, or community centers nearby.