'Virtual' senior center connects older adults to community and family by Marilynn Larkin, MA

In the United States, the number of people ages 65 and over will be growing faster than the total population in every state by 2030—and 26 states will have doubled their older-adult population, according to the US Census Bureau. At the same time, the number of homebound elders—now at least two million—will likely rise significantly, a scenario almost certain to occur in other countries, too, as the world population ages. The result could be large numbers of older adults who are socially isolated, depressed, and gradually losing their independence.