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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
NATION
THE BATTAL10!
Suburbs are graying as
young people move out
By Genaro C. Armas
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The face of suburbia is
changing, especially in the
industrial Northeast and
Midwest.
Younger families are moving
out, leaving large populations of
older residents and local offi
cials who must try to meet the
demand for services for
the aging.
For example, providing
transportation for the elderly to
visit doctors or senior centers
can be a major problem for a
suburb, said Mary Ellen Walsh,
director of the Amherst Center
for Senior Services in suburban
Buffalo, N.Y., where 17 percent
of all residents are senior
citizens.
“In the city you have access
to public transportation, but in
suburbs and rural areas, you
don't, and that’s a big issue
because people are so spread
out,” Walsh said Tuesday.
Alice Hilliard, director of
Eastern Area Adult Services in
the Pittsburgh suburb of
Wilkinsburg, Pa., said reaching
out to older people who live in
isolated areas and finding
money and volunteers to help
care for them are daunting tasks,
particularly in economically
depressed areas.
“Sometimes we sit and hold
our heads and think, ‘How is
this all going to come togeth
er?”’ Hilliard said.
Many couples moved to the
suburbs to raise families in the
mid-2C)th century. When facto
ries closed and the economies of
industrial cities declined during
the latter decades, younger peo
ple moved away.
Many headed South and
West, where jobs were more
plentiful. And once their parents
reached retirement age, many of
them sought warmer weather
and a better quality of life. They
also moved South and West, to
places such as Sarasota, Fla.,
Phoenix and Las Vegas.
About 35 million people 65
and older now live in America,
roughly 12 percent of the popu
lation. But nearly 30 percent of
the people in the suburbs of
Sarasota are 65 or older, the
highest among the 102 most
populous metropolitan areas in
the nation, according to a
Brookings Institution study of
Census Bureau figures being
released Wednesday.
Two other Florida retirement
centers. West Palm Beach and
Volume
Senior ‘centers’
Younger families are moving oq
of the suburbs, leaving senior
citizens to represent a larger
percentage of the population
Metropolitan areas whose
suburbs have the highest
percentage of residents age
65 and older, in 2000
Sarasota, Fla.
West Palm Beach. Fla
Tampa, Fla.
29.!',
Scranton. Pa.
Pittsburgh
Tucson. Ariz.
Monmouth, N.J
Buffalo. N Y.
24.0%
20.5%
18.8%
17.9%
17.3%
16.9%
16.6%
Youngstown. Ohio
16.3%
Fort Lauderdale. Fla.
16.2%
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Tampa-St. Petersburg, were ne
on the list, although the resiof
the top 20 metro area subuir-
were dominated by Northea
and Midwest areas around sue
cities as Pittsburgh, Buffaloar?:
Youngstown, Ohio.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Blood banks issue urgent appeal
for nationwide donations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's blood banks
issued an urgent appeal for blood donations
Tuesday, saying much of the country has less than
a two-day supply on hand.
Some hospitals are postponing elective surger
ies because blood supplies are so low, with less
than a single day's supply in certain areas. Banks
try to keep a five- to seven-day supply on hand.
In an unusual appeal, the nation's two main
blood suppliers — the American Red Cross and
America's Blood Centers — joined Tuesday!!
urge prompt donations. The Red Cross saidthf
during the past two weeks, its blood supplie
have dropped by nearly half, while more than 6‘
percent of America's Blood Centers' banks repot
supplies of two days or less.
January is a traditionally tight month. Thf
American Association of Blood Banks,
announcing the joint appeal, said this Januan
seems worse than usual, partly due to winte;
storms that crippled collections in some areas.
Qualified donors can give blood once every
56 days.
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