The concept of eldercare or long term care planning is fairly new. A fast-growing generation of elderly people needing care is starting to put a great deal of pressure on caregiving family members and government programs for long term care. More and more we are seeing articles and books about the crisis that long term care can cause in families. And a huge group of 77 million baby boomers, poised for retirement, is causing alarm in the elder care provider community.

Recently the federal government has recognized a need for long term care planning by providing funds for an educational awareness campaign with a number of states.

This article examines the dilemma of family dealing with the lack of long term care planning with their loved ones and addresses the issue of the current pre-retirement generation ignoring the need for long term care planning for themselves. Charts and statistics are used to illustrate the crisis we face as a nation if something is not done to encourage planning for eldercare. (9 pages of printing)

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