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STATE HOUSE — With rents soaring, taxes rising, an STATE HOUSE — With rents soaring, taxes rising, and Rhode Islanders still waiting on meaningful relief, lawmakers have identified a top priority at the State House. Not housing. Not healthcare. Not infrastructure. The word “elderly.” Rep. Lauren H. Carson (D-Newport) has introduced legislation to scrub “elder,” “elderly person(s),” and similar terms from Rhode Island law, replacing them with the phrase “older adults.” The bill launches a formal review of state statutes so lawmakers can return next year to complete the language swap. No services are expanded. No benefits are added. No costs are reduced. But the wording gets an update. Supporters argue that many people over 60 are active, working, and contributing members of society — and don’t appreciate being labeled “elderly.” That’s reasonable. What’s harder to explain is why it takes a bill, a commission, and years of meetings to reach that conclusion. The proposal stems from a commission chaired by Carson that has been meeting for more than two years to study services for older Rhode Islanders. The commission warns of an aging population, projecting the number of residents over 60 will grow from about 240,000 today to nearly 265,000 by 2040. That shift raises serious questions about housing affordability, long-term care, transportation, and healthcare capacity. Instead, lawmakers are starting with… a thesaurus. Critics say the effort feels less like problem-solving and more like political busywork — the kind of legislation that looks good in a press release but does little for seniors struggling with rent hikes, utility bills, or access to care. The bill also replaces “handicapped” and “disabled” in certain sections of law with “adult persons with disabilities,” another change that adjusts language without changing policy. To be clear, words do matter. But so do priorities. The problems facing older Rhode Islanders are real, expensive, and urgent. They just won’t be fixed with a find-and-replace. #rhodeisland #newportbuzz
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