Diversity in the Elderly Population
Elderly
There is an abundance of diversity of the newest elderly generation. There is a lack of diversity in the health care coverage for the elderly. This would not exist in the future of health care. It is simply not practical nor ethical to ignore this issue of geriatrics as part of the visualization of the future of health care. Subtracting ethics for those who do not care about the elderly, on a practical level, soon there will be too many elderly around to ignore them and their needs. They will likely become an increasing voice of influence on issues such as this one and others, if only because of their great numbers. Those numbers are projected to continue to escalate.
This author imagines a future of health care where all elderly people have access to free, low cost, or subsidized quality health care. In such a future, the health care for the elderly would be prompt, comprehensive, and highly accessible. In the present, the diversity of the aging population has proliferated around the world with respect to ethnicity and culture, but also additionally with respect to the needs of this population.
The number of older adults in the United States will almost double between 2005 and 2030, and the nation is not prepared to meet their social and health care needs. The baby boomer generation starts to turn 65 in 2011, which will create multiple challenges for the health care system. For one, the majority of older adults suffer from at least one chronic condition...
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Living Arrangements Among the Elderly This is an eight page paper concerning the diversity in living arrangements among the elderly. There are six references used. Introduction People today are living longer, which means there is a large elderly population in our society. There are many concerns facing the elderly, one of which is housing. The elderly have several options available to them and it's interesting to see how diverse they
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