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Strategic Plan on Aging Moves Forward in Colorado

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Monday, March 16, 2015   

DENVER - If you plan on spending your "golden years" in Colorado, you won't be alone. The state has one of the fastest-growing aging populations in the U.S.

A bill to create a strategic plan to address this demographic shift is getting bipartisan support in the Legislature. Ben Moultrie, committee member with Colorado Committee on Aging and volunteer with AARP Colorado, says as people grow older, health care and other sectors will be stressed, but people will also be working longer. Moultrie says the state will need these older workers.

"Our current population of people 60 and older is the best-educated this nation has ever seen," says Moultrie. "This is a very innovative and very engaged population."

The legislation (HB 1033) would convene experts from across the state to identify the effects of aging in areas that include support services, housing and transportation. The group would also research the impact on state budgets and would recommend a concrete course of action through the year 2030.

Moultrie says in just 15 years, one-in-four Coloradans will be over age 60. One of the biggest challenges for many families will be an increase in demand for professional care-giving and Moultrie points out that starting at around age 45 many Coloradans will become caregivers.

"They have family members, relatives who are in positions where they, in fact, need care," he says. "So it becomes both a labor force issue as well as a financial issue for families."

Moultrie says the economic impact of an aging population is likely to hit middle and lower-income families the hardest. He adds the plan will need to include government, nonprofits and the private sector in order to meet the needs of Colorado's senior citizens and their families.


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