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• t « lation in our region/and the implications for everyone, from older adults and families to policy makers and service providers, especially around the need for long term care services to support frail elders,” she said.
Age 60 and over
Morgan notes that over the next decade, as baby boomers mature and retirees move into our area, the population age 60 and over in this five-county area is expected to more than double by the year 2020, in contrast to a projected growth rate of 35 percent for the overall population.
Such significant shifts in the age and shape of the local population raise many questions about what supports will be needed by older individuals and their families, whether services will be available when needed, and what communities can be doing now to make it easier for elders to stay in their own homes as long as desired.
In response to such concerns, some 28 organizations from Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties have joined forces to form the Rappahannock Rapidan Elder Care Coalition, which has conducted an extensive needs assessment of persons 60 and over in the region, and now, as a Community Partnerships for Older Adults grant recipient, is ready to begin making specific plans for long term care sys
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