Are other states experiencing this?

There is yet another reason why the problem of caretaker burnout may increase, and that is that the birth rate is in drastic decline. This means there will be fewer family members, and fewer people period, taking care of an increasing number of elderly. In the past, people had larger families and there were more people to share the burden of taking care of elderly relatives. In addition, people did not live as long as they do these days and they didn't live as long with so many chronic illnesses, so this will not be something that will be easy to deal with.

As the great economist Thomas Sowell says, "There are no solutions; only tradeoffs."

Isthisrealyreal: Thank you! So what I witnessed is a receptionist screaming at an elder who was asking about her medication and where to get it. The receptionist SCREAMED - "YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO!" I thought - now miss receptionist, you already know that most of the patients at your retinologist's office are going to be an elder; treat them with some compassion. The poor elderly lady could barely walk up to the desk and I thought to myself "I'll be her advocate."

I read the local news in my town located in Vermont daily reported by real people who live in my town and report everything from car accidents, road work, drug arrests, etc. and I never read about anything like this happening but then again, it could have happened.  

We don't have a large population where I live and the people here are very involved with seniors and their well-being (there are caregiver meetings as well).  But not every town in Vermont is the same.