As one one oldvalleyguy to another: My wife and I have been in the Mat-Su for over 40 years (since our mid-twenties) and are both north of 60. My wife was the Physical Therapist at the Palmer Pioneer home until she retired. We are both on the list for the Home. Not because we aren't comfortable in our own home and not because we aren't fit and healthy and able to fend for ourselves, but because we won't always be so. The Home is one of our options. Relocating the residents there will be devastating for many of them. Many will be torn from their community. 

As is always the case, when times get tough there are those who will use the weak and vulnerable as political footballs. They need to know that before the aged become vulnerable, they have clout. And many will still have clout even when they are vulnerable. Just sayin'....