SARASOTA, FL - Last week the Florida Department of Elders' Affairs (FDEA) made a decision to move the population of elderly Americans to the state of Alaska from Florida.

The issue arose in late Spring of 2003 when 342 couples were refused residency in Florida due to lack of space. The decision was made official when it was realized that the percentage of Florida's land taken up by the elderly's buried bodies was higher than the space available for them to live.

The move to Alaska of the 10.5 million elderly people currently residing in Florida will take place at the end of August.