I think that's a mistake. We need to realize that training will keep these people in the work force doing work we need done.

That will be the big question — can our work force get back? It will be a big hurdle getting people back into their homes.

Southwest Florida will capture its fair share of boomers. But we'll have to deal with transportation issues, work-force housing issues, water-supply issues, and health-care and retirement care will get reshaped.

We're going to have to have a more specialized and educated work force. And that will require reimbursement rates that relate more to clinical care than to components.

Even though it's improving, there's still an awful lot of people who dropped out of work force and are waiting to be pulled back in.

I don't even have a loose shingle. There are people on this force who went to work on Monday morning and at the end of the day didn't have anything but what they were wearing.