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Bob Greene : Across the country, about 2 million adults 65 and older are completely or mostly homebound.
Greene: An additional 5.5 million seniors can get out only with significant difficulty or assistance.
Greene says these seniors are at risk of not having food, not having access to health care, not living in a safe environment.
Peggy Drexler : Some New Yorkers who live alone struggle to get in-home medical care.
She says she's lost eight to nine friends in the last 15 years ; others have died or moved away.
She asks: Without family caregivers, there may be no one around to help this home-based care.
Dr. Bruce Leff : With the rapid expansion of the aging population in the years ahead , more kinds of care will move into the home.
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