Baby Boomers Have New Desire

Senior home care services are a rising trend for today's elder who are known as the "baby boomer" generation

. The increase in demand results from today's demographic, economic, and technological changes which have created a population of seniors that are living longer, healthier, and active lives.

We are not blaming the parents of yester year, however, the baby boom generation is not settling for the alone and invisible' scenario as their parents experienced. In taking care of their aging parents, experienced seniors know and understand the heavy burden of caretaking.

From that lesson, today's seniors are initiatingpro-active planning for life after retirement and as they continue aging. The baby boomers recognize and respect that their adult children have lives, careers, and family of their own, which overtime may cause conflict in providing the necessary care for them. In some cases, the adult children may eventually be or unable to provide any care for them.

Before the 21st century, the old-fashioned symbiotic neighborhoods existed and served a support network where elders and adult children relied on support from family, friends, and neighbors to assist each other with the caretaking of aging community members. These caretaking responsibilities often took form of taking elderly members to doctor appointments, grocery shopping, recreational outings, conversations, medication management, laundry, or meal preparations. The shared caretaking responsibility reduced the stress for the adult children and other families.

In today's society, when the adult children are unable to provide the care necessary for parents, the caregiver is faced with searching for and selecting alternative living arrangements and/or care giving providers such as nursing services, respite care, or assistant living facilities. The costs, depending on services may be expensive along with other barriers such as cultural, language, inappropriate care facilities, or can become a high risk of being abused.

Another barrier to senior services as well as the most challenging and emotionally difficult is when seniors have high assets that have become a block to receiving Medicare. To receive Medicare benefits, the individual must spend down all their assets to qualify for Medicare services.

Using assets toward elder care is a boomer's dream. In addition to this dream, the idea of convenient services, an inter-generational community and a model solely not based on business but inclusive of people caring with elderly people in mind is welcomed. The baby boomers armed with the past experience and knowledge provides them with foresight to request these elements for elder services.

Therefore, with a community created and focused on being a elder-friendly will provide the type of senior home care structure that is practical, affordable, convenient, and bundle with a stimulating social environment. Thus, a senior's desire to live in a home of their own is fulfill.

by: kennandalton

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