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Baby boomers living in the Rockbridge County area may find themselves struggling to pay for future health care. But they are not alone.

This challenge is also affecting those who serve this aging population. As legislators work to find ways to fund this incoming wave, families and community members are pulling together to improve the quality of life for older residents.

Stories

For older people seeking care,
it's tough to find ways to pay

Owning a facility costly,
complicated by regulations

State 'frugal' in covering
costs of at-home care

Older people on their own
find community at center

Legislators seek solutions
for 'tsunami' of baby boomers

Extras

For older people seeking care,
it's tough to find ways to pay

Myra Tolley says she was lucky to inherit the money she now depends on to pay for her care in an assisted living center. Many older Americans are finding payment methods for elder care complicated and costly.

Owning a facility costly, complicated
by regulations

 

State 'frugal' in covering costs of
at-home care

  

Older people on their own find community at BV center

   

Legislators seek solutions for 'tsunami' of baby boomers

Volunteer at Manor of Natural Bridge gives insider perspective

Violations at local facilities

How long-term care funding works

Watch and listen: concert for residents at Heritage Hall

Glossary

About the reporters

Links

Senate Special Committee on Aging

Administration on Aging

AARP

This project was done as a journalism capstone project at Washington and Lee University. Copyright 2008 by Caron, Daw, Greene and Scarantino. Contact us!