Luke Rosiak's article in the Washington Times describes the fear most developed countries face: the imbalance between the graying of a nation to its workforce. If it weren't for immigration and higher birthrates among minorities, the lower fertility rates in America would have already seen a more disastrous effect.

In locations where seniors clients dominate businesses and hospitals, young people find themselves relocating to "hip" areas with night life and other entities that seniors tend to not frequent, thus separating young and old geographically. Suburbs were once considered ideal for retirement but now the solitude and need for younger workers to provide labor for them such as in hospitals has made living in relative isolation from the cities risky. Although a younger workforce is ideal in areas like Palm Beach County, South Florida, the jobs they would get would most focus on aging services. 

In the meantime, home healthcare agencies are common place throughout South Florida (Palm Beach County, Broward County) for elders to find quality home care  and other services for the disabled. Perhaps the following generations of booming minorities in the US could help offset this issue but that's a different story. If you have thoughts on that, please feel free to comment for us. A Family Member HomeCare agency has been on top with bridging the gap between quality home care and seniors who want to age in place in South Florida.

For more on this article: As Florida goes, so goes nation of aging communities.

In the following article, the AARP reports that it is not uncommon for older adults to be over-medicated and to experience adverse reactions to the ever-lengthening list of medications they take. 

Although it is sad to say this this problem is a way that institutions have dealt with patients on a general basis due (especially where staff is limited), this problem also suggests why having home care can really help to offset unneccessary medication intake. Having a good caregiver can help your senior become monitored regularly and correctly where each sign of over medicating or improper medication can be observed. A good caregiver's job is to help a senior feel naturally better, physically and mentally, with as little dependency on medication as possible. 

Click on the link below to access a full list of both prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to which seniors should pay especially close attention.  

Too Many Pills: Are We Overmedicated As We Age? 

Have you considered this a problem with your own loved one that needs care? What do you think could be done to keep them from being over-medicated in insitutions?