Senior living facilities are seeing long waitlists. Here's how your family can prepare

As Minnesota's populations ages, senior living communities are seeing long waitlists. Experts say the time to plan is now, not later.

At 76, Virginia Olson lives an active life. She has been in independent living for nearly a decade.

"It was ten years ago when my husband passed away and I feel healthier and more alert now than I did then," she said.

Now there is an urgent need for aging adults to plan for the future as the senior living market can't keep up with demand as boomers age.

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By 2030, one in four Minnesotans will be 65 or older.

Ashlee Mueller is the director of Friendship Village of Bloomington.

"When folks come in and they say, Oh, I'm two to five years out from making an actual move. Based on availability and the waitlist we're seeing right now all over the state, i