Eldercare — Meeting the Needs of Our Aging Population

Long-Term Health Care Insurance Challenges: Meeting the Needs of an Aging Population

Responding to the Needs of Aging Pupulation

The phenomena of "graying" of population which was started in 20th century will continue in the next. It confronts the world with new challenges in the realms of health economy, politics, and cultural issues which are very difficult to overwhelm. The problems arising of this phenomena must be welcome, because they are indicators of upcoming development. Aging of population has occurred in devel...

Meeting future health and long-term care needs of an aging population.

The most dramatic reduction in spending growth from 1999 to 2002 is an effect of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA).The BBA is expected to make a significant downpayment on Medicare’s future by achieving $116 billion in savings from 1998 to 2002 and $394 billion over the 10-year period from 1998 to 2007. It also extended the projected insolvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund ...

The Phenomenon of Population Aging in Iran

Elham Fathi Statistical Center of Iran   Abstract. In the past, few people reached old age, but in todaychr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s world, advances in technology and health have allowed people to live longer and die at an older age, so Now more people can experience aging. On the other hand, since almost all countries of the world have gone through or are going through a period of high fertilit...

Meeting the Food Needs of the Ageing Population

The fastest growing segment of the global population is the one that has to date largely been overlooked by the food industry and relatively few food and drink products have been actively targeted to these ageing consumers (Costa & Jongen 2010, Hensel 2012). The majority of new products that are introduced are positioned to a younger demographic – the principal grocery shopper aged 21 to 49 yea...