Ventura Newsaper Features ULTCW in 'Silver Tsunami' Article

Ventura County Star

The Ventura County Star highlighted ULTCW and its members in an Aug. 21 article on the 'Silver Tsunami' -- the wave of Baby Boomers who are about to retire and swamp the resources of in-home car programs across the state.

The article featured quotes by ULTCW member Yenny Chisham, along with Yenny's care recipient, Kathy Ermi.

There has been a huge response to the article -- as evidence by the large number of comments.

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Here's a chunk from the piece:

Any cuts to the IHSS program would affect about 440,000 low-income seniors and disabled people. Elimination of the ADHC program would affect about 37,000 seniors and their families who would have to find some other way to care for them.

As much of a crisis as this would be, it pales in comparison to the crisis on the horizon, experts say.

It’s what demographers refer to as the “silver tsunami” — the tidal wave of aging baby boomers. As more Californians reach 60, they threaten to swamp an already strained “safety net”— a description of services provided for low income citizens.

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