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'Doctor Marion' Takes Elder Care
Message on Tour
"Sometimes,
you have to take matters into your own hands.
So at 71,
elder advocate Marion Somers, Ph.D., is hitting the road for the
fourth year in a row, crisscrossing the country in a souped up 1967 Greyhound bus to spread her
message: 'This country is going to be hit with a geriatric tsunami
and we are not prepared.'
With more
than 8,000 Baby Boomers turning 60 each day, she's no chicken
Little. At least 70% of people over age 65 will require
long-term care services at some point."
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