“Apocalypse and opportunity — the bet is that we’re not going to age well. Our favorite gloom-and-doom source, CNBC, has offered up today’s Doomsday Boomer Prediction. Those boomers are going to be a healthcare nightmare: “They visit the doctor more, they consume more services, and they aren’t afraid to use their $7 trillion in collective wealth to improve their quality of life. From physical therapy, to cosmetic surgery, to the latest in life-saving technology, Boomers just aren’t built to grow old gracefully.” So inventions of every type are being crafted to help us in our quest to fight this gracelessness and support us as we get old enough to really take that predicted 8% Medicare spending bite out of the GDP by 2035.”
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Laurie Orlov, Aging In Place Technology Watch, 23 February 2010
