Is America prepared to deal with an aging population? If so, why and how? If not, what are the necessary changes needed to deal with the challenges to come?
What will be an ideal response?
• Many people mistakenly assume that a large percentage of older people live in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. In fact, only 1.2 million people age sixty-five and over are residents of nursing homes. Another 780,000 people live in residential care communities such as assisted-living facilities. People age eighty-five and older are the largest share by age group among residents in these facilities (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, 2016). More than people of any other age category, older people are likely to reside in the housing in which they have lived for a number of years and own free and clear of debt.
• The system can’t handle the current aging population, think of the influx of aging as the baby boomers enter older adulthood.
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