Financial Obstacles Ahead for Seniors
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GROUNDBREAKING ON ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY LOCAL | B1 PANAMA CITY LOCAL | B1 POLICE TAKE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING Monday, May 13, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Financial obstacles ahead for seniors Report says most their homes and use all other Housing and Care at the Uni- At 43%, middle-income Middle- won’t be able to aff ord financial resources. versity of Chicago. seniors will make up the big- income costs of housing, That number will sharply rise The researchers used demo- gest share of that age group. seniors are medical care to 81% if tomorrow’s seniors graphic and income data to But by that time, they will a group that choose to keep their home but forecast estimates for those have annual financial resources Caroline By Timothy Fanning commit the rest of their annual who will be 75 or older in 2029, of $60,000 or less, even Pearson, the [email protected] financial resources to cover the with a focus on those who earn including the equity of their Pearson study’s lead nearly $62,000 annual cost between $25,000 to $75,298 homes. author, said More than half of mid- associated with senior hous- per year. Compared to the projected has often been overlooked dle-income seniors 75 years ing and supportive personal The rising costs of hous- $62,000 annual assisted living when policymakers, legisla- or older won’t have enough care services. ing and health care will nearly and medical expenses cost in tors and the private sector money to cover assisted living That’s according to a new double in 10 years, growing the next decade, the major- think about housing and care rent and other out-of-pocket study published this month in from $7.9 million to $14.4 ity of middle-income seniors for aging Americans. medical costs a decade from Health Affairs by the National million by 2029, researchers will not be able to afford an now, even if they were to sell Investment Center for Seniors found. assisted living facility. See SENIORS, A6 First in utero blood transfusion in PC a success By Patrick McCreless [email protected] @PCNHPatrickM PANAMA CITY — Michelle Morris had to travel far away to a hospital in another county six years ago so her then unborn son could get specialized treatment for anemia. When her second unborn son developed the same rare condition this year, she got to stay in Panama City. Morris’ second son Grey- son was born healthy on April 23 at Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, thanks to a procedure performed there for the first time in Bay County. Called periumbilical blood sampling, the special- ized procedure can currently be performed by one mater- nal fetal medicine specialist in the county. “Oh yeah, everything went great,” Morris said of the Michelle Morris holds her son, Greyson as Dr. Jeff Livingston looks him over on May 10 at Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center. Livingston procedure. performed a diffi cult procedure that involved transfusing blood to Greyson while he was still in utero. [PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD] Dr. Jeff Livingston per- formed the procedure at the hospital. Though he’s worked The procedure “It can be complicated to mother’s antibodies to attack importance of the procedure. in the area for five years, involves injecting a needle do that … it’s like piercing her baby’s red blood cells if After the procedure was Morris was his first local into the baby's umbili- a vessel the size of a coffee the baby is RH positive. The performed, Greyson was patient to need the procedure. cal cord to test its blood. If straw,” Livingston said. baby can then develop anemia delivered at 37 weeks like any “It’s relatively uncom- needed, a transfusion is then Livingston said the pro- as a result. other healthy baby. mon,” Livingston said of the performed. The physician cedure was needed because “Without it, the baby The newborn has been good procedure, “No one here has then tests the blood again Morris has RH immuniza- would have gone into heart ever since, Morris said. had the same training I’ve to see if the transfusion was tion, also called RH negative, failure and likely would have “He’s a pretty quiet baby,” had.” successful. a condition that causes a died,” Livingston said of the she said. Trump administration facing multiple national crises overseas By Paul Sonne simultaneously, rather than brings with it a degree of and John Hudson prioritize one over the other danger — and it’s even The Washington Post or take incremental steps. more dangerous when it’s The maximalist tactics at combined with a pattern of President Donald Trump times have raised the pros- bluffing,” said James Dob- ran for office vowing to pect of big breakthroughs, bins, a former top diplomat extricate the United States ones that Trump hopes to who is now a senior fellow at from entanglements abroad. take to the campaign trail the Rand Corporation. But his administration now for his re-election, particu- Whether Trump is willing finds itself juggling three larly when it comes to North to pursue military action, national security crises Korea. which he and his aides overseas — with Iran, Ven- At the same time, it has have referenced in public ezuela and North Korea brought what former poli- remarks, is a looming ques- — while confronting China cymakers describe as a tion. He has long been a over a possible trade war. greater risk of crises and vocal skeptic of American The situation, partly a miscalculations, as well as military force abroad and function of uncontrollable possible distractions from at times has expressed con- President Donald Trump, left, is fl anked by national security adviser events, is also the result of the primary goal of the cern about the more hawkish John Bolton, right, during a news conference after a summit of Trump’s “go big or go home” administration’s national impulses of his national heads of state and government, July 12, 2018, at NATO headquarters approach to foreign affairs, security strategy: counter- security adviser, John in Brussels, Belgium. The president, his adviser and administration which has led his adminis- ing Russia and China. Bolton. Strategy experts cite are facing national security threats on three fronts (Iran, Venezuela tration to apply “maximum “The president’s apparent and North Korea) and a possible trade war with China. [ASSOCIATED pressure” to multiple nations tendency to brinkmanship See TRUMP, A6 PRESS FILE PHOTO] Panama City News Herald Nation & World ............A4 Diversions ...................B6 TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Want to subscribe? Local........................ B1-8 Sports ......................C1-5 T-shower Clouds, sun Some sun Call 850-747-5050 Obituaries.................... B3 TV Listings ..................B8 82° / 65° 82° / 63° 83° / 64° * ** A2 Monday, May 13, 2019 | The News Herald GO & DO TODAY IN HISTORY CELEBRATE COMMUNITY Tuesday, May 14 The Associated Press 4TH ANNUAL JEEP BEACH JAM: May 14-18 at Frank PICTURE PERFECT Today is Monday, May 13, the Brown Park in Panama City 133rd day of 2019. There are Beach. 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