European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                When America s baby Boom generation turns Gray being in one s seventies will be in not by Jane Sutton United press International he weepies Are coming and they Are bringing a revolution of Gray. In the age of the Weepie prosthetic hips will be cheap wrinkles will be fashionable or at least More acceptable and a legion of Claude peppers will Rule the . State Legislatures. The weepies Are More than just the aging yuppies. They Are the entire baby Boom generation turning 65, the new elderly of the 21st Century. They will be recently retired still healthy relatively wealthy a Little bit spoiled and very much aware that in numbers there is Power. And there will be More of them than there have Ever been before. It will be a very Good time to be old said University of Florida gerontologist Stephen Golant. He and other sociologists foresee an Era of profound social change a Golden Era of aging beginning around 2010, when the first of the baby Boomers turn 65. At a seminar sponsored by the Center for applied gerontology in Chicago Golant dubbed them weepies Youthful energetic elderly people involved in everything. By involved in everything we re not necessarily talking about older people running marathons Golant said. What we Are talking about is older people running just about  Golant predicts that the marketplace and the whole american culture will turn its focus to this Large aging group just As it embraced youth when the Boomers were Young. The Post War baby Boomers currently represent about one third of the nation s population. When they turn 65, there will be unprecedented numbers and concentrations of old people. In july 1987, there were 39.7 americans aged 55 to 74. The census Bureau projects that by 2010, there will be 55.2 million and by 2020, there will be 70.2 million. These old people will differ in several important ways from the current generation of older people Golant said. We Are talking about a generation that is better m educated a generation that has grown up with a technology oriented society computers and the rest. They have greater expectations of having a Good Quality of life. They will be somewhat More selfish and demanding Golant said. More than Ever before they have been identified As a group through advertising marketing Media in a grading population total . Population 65 and older 754 85 and older in nursing Home How they live people Over 65 q1960 1984 30.6%125.0% Al 1960 9.2% 0.5% 1980 236,505,000 11.3% 3,4% 1.0% 2010 3�3.23i,000 13.8% 4,4% 2.3% 45.0% 36.8% 15.3% living alone with relatives with spouses with spouse with unrelated and others people elderly living alone in 2030 Man women Agew-74 75-79 80 and Over 21.9% 78.1% 424% 22.0% 6.0% who needs help unmarried people age 65-74 1980 limited in use of Public transit need assistance in daily living unmarried people age 75 and Over 1980 limited in use of Public transit need assistance in daily living not. Of it Fluitt my not