To understand the hype and why we need a Nursing Home Ministry that cares for the aging in Savannah, GA begins with understanding why there is an excessive increase in elderly adults. First we have to understand each generation and what has occurred within that particular generation's history. The generation we are most concerned about at Living Legacies Inc is the Baby Boomer Generation. This generation includes all people born between 1946 and 1964. Living Legacies is concerned about this generation because 1946 plus 65 equals 2011, therefore in 2011 the first of the Baby Boomers will reach retirement age. This still doesn't reflect the concern and need of a ministry that reaches out to the aging in Savannah, GA. Therefore lets look at some statistics.
In 1999 only 30% of the population was over the age of 65, only one in every eight people were 65 or older. Two million elderly lived in 20,000 Nursing Homes costing the tax payer $53 billion per year. However the estimates for the year 2030 is one in every five people will be over 65. Five million people will need Nursing Homes costing the tax payer $700 billion.
http://www.aoa.gov/aoaroot/aging_statistics/Profile/2010/4.aspx.
Now lets do the math! In 1900 there were four million people over 65. In 2000 there were 12 million people over 65 therefore in the last 100 years there was an 8 million person increase in the aging community. The estimate for the future is staggering! There were 12 million people over 65 in the year 2000. The estimate for 2050 is 86.7 million people over the age of 65. In the first 100 years there were only an eight million person increase. But in the next 50 years there will be a 74.7 million person increase. (Administration on Aging, US Department of Health and Human Services)
The government is concerned because of Social Security. The plan for Social Security is people would put into Social Security every year while they worked until they reached 65 and then they could retire and begin to take out of Social Security while others are still putting into Social Security. The problem is there are more Baby Boomers taking out than the next generation is able to put in -bankrupting Social Security. The ultimate problem stems from abortion. We've killed 58 million unborn babies since 1973 wiping out our future. The Presidents' answer to the problem is give the aging pain medication so they can die painlessly treating millions of our people like non-persons. My response is if we are made in the image of God and Jesus Christ died for us all then those who believe in Jesus Christ should be the first to stand up and care for the aging, honoring them as Jesus commanded and treating them like the persons they are.
This is my heart beat. This is why I started Living Legacies Inc "dedicated to honoring the aging". This is why a ministry like this is needed in Savannah, GA. This is why I started this blog to inform you the reader on how you can support this incredible need. Living Legacies Inc is a front line ministry to the aging. The need is great and in the next 50 years it will become even greater. I hope by starting this ministry now we will be able to meet the needs of the future. I hope you will follow me on this blog as Living Legacies Inc begins it's ministry to the aging here in Savannah, GA.
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