by Joe Dickson

As our Over 50 population ages, our children are starting their own lives and we are in our most "salary rich" years... our parents, hovering in their mid seventies to late eighties are more likely to be afflicted with serious age-related diseases. Diseases such as Alzheimer's, stroke and cancer are not a possibility, they‘re a probability. When that happens, —the tables are often turned. Adult children become the parents.

According to the National Institute on Aging, there were 37 million people age 65 or older in 2006. As the Baby Boomer generation ages, by 2030 that number is projected to soar. It’s thought that approximately 20 % of the population, over 71 million people, will be 65 or older. And most of them will have severe, costly long-term health issues. Alzheimer's disease currently affects 5 million Americans. Strokes are now the number-one cause of adult disability.