Michigan set to focus on helping an expanding elderly population

LANSING -- As the son of Irish immigrants, Mike Cox didn't get to spend time with his faraway grandparents or share their burdens as they grew old.

But spending time in nursing homes talking about identity theft has opened the state attorney general's eyes to the problems facing seniors, whose ranks will soon swell with baby boomers.

"I want to get the office prepared for the demographics of Michigan and where we're headed," he told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "Our challenge is, 'What ways do we get better at serving an aging Michigan?' "

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