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Podcast: Inside Appalachia
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‘‘It’s Just Really Hard’- Families and Caregivers Struggle to Find Resources Inside Appalachia
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:52:58
Publish Date: 2019-05-18 07:47:05
Description: Across most of central Appalachia, the population is declining as young people leave to find work. Those who stay, are rapidly aging. In West Virginia, for instance, about 16 percent of the population is 65 or older, according to a Department of Health and Human Resources report. Seniors are expected to be about a quarter of the total population by 2030.
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