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not sure why I am surprized as we are all living longer - maybe it's the 200% increase in 20 years which is the fastest rate of increase in the state. The fact that fewer doctors are taking Medicare and that waiting lists for in home support are increasing whilst funding is being cut will be cause a lot of anguish for families in the next decade.
I read this story in the N&O this morning, and all I can say is someone there needs to take a basic math class. One headline says the 65+ population will "double," but the story itself says it would grow "by 200%" (which effectively means it will triple). I'm not sure which it is, but I guess either way it's a lot.
I'm always concerned that the state might start enforcing the falial laws and basically force the spouses/children/family to provide support for their elderly relatives if they have no other financial means. I was just reading the basic content of the law here:
Yeah it will be a problem here there and everywhere. Curious if it will be more here since this is a popular landing area for transplants of the retirement sort.
I'm always concerned that the state might start enforcing the falial laws and basically force the spouses/children/family to provide support for their elderly relatives if they have no other financial means. I was just reading the basic content of the law here:
The North Carolina info in your link suggests that the law obligates spouses and parents to their children. Didn't see where it says children responsible for parents. Also the responsibility to children is only to age 18 as specified in the linked law.
It always surprised me that the developers of downtown Raleigh condos did not target the senior market. Instead they tended to focus on the young urban professional market... which did not, in general, have the wealth or the ongoing income to sustain the downtown condo market after the recession it.
Another need is more ALFs and more senior living communities like Springmoor or Cypress.
Our whole country is experiencing this kind of senior growth. Women delaying having babies because of careers, economics, and old folks living longer because of advanced medicines, etc is the main reason. In some countries people are actually being paid to have children because the ages are not at all balanced.
Instead of building nursing homes and assisted living, I think builders should be focusing on single level homes for lots of folks. I don't particularly like age restrictions for neighborhoods as I like the energy and fun of children. And older folks are not the only folks who like no stairs.
It's North Carolina General Statutes §14‑326.1: "If any person being of full age, and having sufficient income after reasonably providing for his or her own immediate family shall, without reasonable cause, neglect to maintain and support his or her parent or parents, if such parent or parents be sick or not able to work and have not sufficient means or ability to maintain or support themselves, such person shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."
Maybe someone has been successfully prosecuted by a D.A. under this law in the last 10 years, but I've not heard of it. The law has weasel words like "sufficient" and "reasonably" that would be tricky for a prosecutor to overcome.
It's North Carolina General Statutes §14‑326.1: "If any person being of full age, and having sufficient income after reasonably providing for his or her own immediate family shall, without reasonable cause, neglect to maintain and support his or her parent or parents, if such parent or parents be sick or not able to work and have not sufficient means or ability to maintain or support themselves, such person shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."
Maybe someone has been successfully prosecuted by a D.A. under this law in the last 10 years, but I've not heard of it. The law has weasel words like "sufficient" and "reasonably" that would be tricky for a prosecutor to overcome.
Dang! With what is happening to many in their 50's with job loss and foreclosure this if enforced could cause an economic melt down of mega proportions. Does any one know how job loss here of folks in their 50's is playing out?
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which is the fastest rate of increase in the state. The fact that fewer doctors are taking Medicare and that waiting lists for in home support are increasing whilst funding is being cut will be cause a lot of anguish for families in the next decade.
