Today roughly 15 percent of Americans are 65 or older. It’s a large enough population that the metaphor “silver tsunami” has been employed to talk about the baby boomer generation – roughly estimated at over 76 million people – aging and reaching senior status.
“It stands to reason statistically that if there are more seniors out there, there’s going to be more need from that population,” says Tim Zaricznyj, the Executive Director of Housing for Providence Health & Services.