My Communicator | Spring 2020

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Vol. 28, No. 2 | Spring 2020

COVID-19 Helpful resources for older adults and how you can make a difference during this difficult time PAGE 16

TRANSITIONS IN AGING

What the 2020s Have in Store for Aging Boomers Within 10 years, all of the nation’s 74 million baby boomers will be 65 or older. The most senior among them will be on the cusp of 85. Even sooner, by 2025, the number of seniors (65 million) is expected to surpass that of children age 13 and under (58 million) for the first time, according to Census Bureau projections. “In the history of the human species, there’s never been a time like this,” said Dr. Richard Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging, referring to the changing balance between young and old. What lies ahead in the 2020s, as society copes with this unprecedented demographic shift? See BOOMERS page 4.

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