Are We Prepared to Care? By Steven Dawson, president of PHI
Member: Council on Social Work Education
August 1, 2010
Celebrating a 60th birthday gives one pause. Even though I spend my workdays on eldercare issues, I write about “older workers” and “55+ elders” as if they were someone else. When it comes to my own aging, I confess I’m not really prepared; I haven’t really thought this through.
Sadly, I’m not alone. While Americans are well aware that the Baby Boomers are now beginning to pass into retirement, they fail to grasp the other half of the equation: The Boomers are also passing out of the workforce. Left behind is a relatively smaller cohort of workers available to provide the services and supports that I and my fellow elders will soon require.
