title: Dignity for all: affordable assisted living.
abstract: In 2026, the first of the baby boomers, including Presidents Clinton and Bush, will reach the age of 80, the average age of residents currently in assisted living facilities. In her book The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Youth, Eternal Life, and Other Dangerous Fantasies, Muriel Gillick proposes that the baby boomers will seek assisted living as an alternative to nursing home care. But what about that portion of the population not able to afford the high cost of private assisted living? What option will be available to the low-asset/low-income population in lieu of nursing home care?
authors.affiliation: Lott Assisted Living Residence, USA. janeskij@aol.com
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Janeski
authors.forename: Alec
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pruchnicki
mesh_terms: D040561:Assisted Living Facilities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States