California not ready for aging boom

Isa 46:4 And [even] to [your] old age I [am] he; and [even] to hoar hairs will I carry [you]: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver [you].

SACRAMENTO California's multibillion-dollar social service bureaucracy is not prepared to deal with the massive infusion of senior citizens expected to come as the baby boom generation reaches old age, a panel of experts told an Assembly policy committee Wednesday.

Experts told the Assembly committee on Aging and Long-Term Care that as the elder population grows, it will magnify the existing deficiencies of a system already overly complicated and often unresponsive to the needs of an increasingly diverse community. Read More