Healthy Aging
I recently attended the joint Leading Age and Global Ageing Network conference in Boston. Leading Age is the trade association of the nonprofit elder care providers, covering senior care facilities and home health. The Global Ageing Network (based in Britain) promotes the sharing of ideas and experiences among elder service providers internationally. The event – titled “The Power of…
I’ve written before about my frustration with the focus of many demographic reports on the 65+ population as a whole rather than dividing the cohort between those ages 65-84 and 85+. This distinction is for two main reasons: the differing rates of care needs and the opposite demographic trends of the two groups. Disability (for…
