Preparing for the 'age wave': a new model builds capacity in San Francisco

As with any long-anticipated event, the “age wave”—that demographic phenomenon set to transform society—often seemed slightly unreal and distant over the years. Perhaps that accounts for the late, and in many cases inadequate, planning and preparation this slow-building seismic shift has engendered. But a new report1 from the Washington, DC-based Brookings Institution reinforces the gathering sense that the wave is, indeed, at the shore.