With all the problems long-term care is grappling with and focusing on, sometimes it is harder to see even bigger problems down the road. Right now, senior care facilities are grappling with staffing shortages...
What is behind surge in U.S. senior population? Preventive healthcare, professor says
May 29, 2023
The population of adults aged 65 years and older in the United States has grown at the fastest clip of any previous decade in 130 years, new census data show.
Older people have greater functional ability than 3 decades ago, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 22, 2020
Today’s elders appear to have greater physical and cognitive function than they did in the 1990s. The consequences of this trend are a mixed bag, Finnish investigators say.
Doctor shortage on the rise as America’s population ages
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 10, 2019
Demand for physicians is rising along with the number of older Americans. But the doctors themselves are aging – and retiring, according to a new report.
CBO: Medicare spending growth will slow down over the next 25 years, despite pressures from aging population
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 16, 2014
Medicare and Medicaid spending will grow at a slower rate than past predictions indicated, the Congressional Budget Office stated Tuesday. However, an aging population will put increasing pressure on government...
Fed chairman: aging population puts U.S. economy on ‘unsustainable path’
Oct 06, 2010
Failing to address the challenges of an aging population will endanger the country’s economic future, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a gathering of business and union leaders in Rhode...