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Show al Standard-Examiner UTAH /INTERMOUNTAIN ner Sunday, May 24, 1992 11C Population »f DOOMINg eran “| for those lum ec of “ft over 60 5 to mas- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt ‘his Lake County is experiencing a pop- ‘e is- {ulation boom amongseniorciti- zens that threatens to tax programs and services to the limit, county budget makers have been warned. “Because this has been relatively small group in the past and has grown so quickly, we may not have been aware of it,” said Shauna O’Neil, director of the county’s Division of Aging Services. The number of residents over age 60 has grown from 50,457 in 1970 to about 90,000 today and will reach 100,000 by the year 2000, according to a division re- port presented this past week to county commissioners. “What that meansis an increasing pressure on budgets,” O’Neil said. “We’re really not addressing the needs today, and the problem will grow.” In addition to the sharp overall Every Day increase, the population of seniors is growing most rapidly in previously “young communities” while ( f § f decreasing slightly in the tradition- ig The east side, especially Miil ig ally older Salt Lake neighborhoods. ' Creek and Sandy, and some west- §f eealeae ge are the nm idly of the ig . < county, O'Neil said theshift in the fy ¢S™oker Grill population is creating pressure for 390 Square inches of cooking new seniorCitizen centers. She is proposing development of [@ centers in Mill Creek and Kearns § as soon as funds becomeavailable. “If we had more money in our | b are being used to the maximum. : The agencyprovides home-delivered meals, transportation, advoca- f cy and legal services, health and recreation programs, ‘ Position fire pan 17. 3 ro. 4 . | i § frail, low-income and chronically impaired, has a waiting list of 100. Nearlyall of the division’s services A fy 4 * Fold-awayside table budget, it would go there and into ihe alternatives program,” O’Neil said. That program, which assists the Ee . area ° Durable baked-on enamel finish ? Hingedlid and adjustable four- sor? snticnre agi 6 Sunbeam? Deluxe Square f i; Dome Tent : e Easy to set up : 4 + Sleeps 2-3 people 14 * Durable nyion construction with as iG ia J E Reg. 34.96 @ waterproof rain fly andside walls support Every Day centers, and volunteer help with household chores. Although the division’s budget . Ee a 398 networks for families, adult day care, staffing and funding for senior doubled to $6.8 million during the past 10 years, O’Neil said it will Neosporin have to more than double in the next decade to keep pace with the ¢ 1/2 Ounce growing population of elderlyresidents. “The budget reality is that we can provide services that will allow older adults to stay home, where most of them want to be, or we can ff put them in institutions,” she said. Another problem beginning to manifest itself in Salt Lake County is that of older residents — usually in their 60s — simultaneously helping their children while caring for their own elderly parents. This so-called “sandwiched generation” faces difficult challenges and will r F is . 4@ | IM § : 3 pe : Every charcoal ; q y ylang aoe D i i Pian : Every Day Day Tene Every Day require an increasing amount of help in the years to come, O’Neil said. The division’s budget report also reveals: & eThe number of complaints @ vestigated by the division's CharcoalStarter about abuses at nursing homes inlong-term care ombudsman has increased 134 percent since 1988. @ x Barbecue Charcoal * One quart Briquets ¢ Fast starting and long buming mThe division was helped by 2,905 volunteers in 1991. = Meals on Wheels delivers an average of 685 meals daily to homebound seniors. aThe division’s 44-passenger bus is about to be scrapped and no replacement is available. mThe chore services program, which provides snow shoveling, lawn mowing and yard cleanup, SS or ¢ 10 Pounds _— = 2ZZ S Nestea Instant Tea SZYyz SSE ¢ Various flavors ¢ 3-4 Ouncejars, 26.5 ounce Paper Plates 2 ZZ ) SS @9 Inch = —4 = — canisters e@ 100 count = SS Every Day has a waiting list of 71. “Because we think of ourselves as a young state, we tend to over- ok the older segment of our popilation,” O'Neil said. “We cannot ignore it much longer.” Curad Plastic Bandages DOEofficial wants more funds for INEL * 60 Count The Associated Press A Department of Energyofficial wants the Senate to approve a budget that includes more moneyfor the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory’s cleanup and waste "%e amen. Management activities. . ‘This budget request is the most ngorously reviewed and scrutinized request ever submitted by the department,” Leo Duffy, assistant Ev ery Day DOE secretary, told a Senate com- "DOE wants$37billion overal 28 percent more than it asked last ar. 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