Medicare Cutbacks + Delaware's Aging Population: They Are Coming but We're Not Building It (Except Sometimes Below the Canal)

As reported this morning the private sector has attempted to respond with facilities and services to help seniors age in place and provide desirable alternatives when that is no longer possible. However, without the zoning reforms needed expand such support within residential communities as Mr. Landon and I discussed back in 2012, the question is whether these cost savings programs and new private initiatives can deliver on their promises when New Castle and Sussex County expect to double their 65 and older population by 2040. As we pointed out in Urban Lawyer, inadequate home care systems result in patients frequenting the uber-expensive emergency room setting. With all the tuition payments and weddings ahead I'll likely be here to give the 2040 report on whether Delaware's local zoning laws have become universally friendly to the kind of community based care the state and private companies try to put in place today.
Author: A. Kimberly Hoffman, Esq. Chairs the Healthcare Industry Team and is a member of the firm's Real Estate and Land Use Practices at Morris James LLP.
Doug Denison, "State anticipates fiscal impact: While huge projected increases in costs are still years away, many leaders are aware," News Journal, A25, May 19, 2013; Molly Murray, “Leading the Way in Lewes, News Journal, A1, May 20, 2013
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