Care For Your Elder
The generation of Americans born between 1946 and 1964–also known as the baby boomers–make up approximately 26% of the United States population according to recent statistics. Baby boomers are expected to live longer than any previous generation of Americans in history-the majority of the first members of this generation that were born in 1946 can expect to live 20 more years-or more. By 2020, more than 20% of the U. S. population will be over 65 years of age, compared with about 13% today.
Some of this longer life expectancy is due to medical advancements and readily available health information, but adoption of healthier lifestyles by the baby boomer generation is responsible for a great deal of it as well. Unlike their parents before them, baby boomers can track their cholesterol and keep a blood sugar log, have access to the most cutting-edge methods of smoking cessation and nutritional information, and can buy sophisticated exercise equipment for their own private use. It’s good to be a baby boomer!
December 25th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Excellant source of information at this blog.
Canadian Goverment has made recent studies and reports available. http://www.bit.ly/AgingParents
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David Pylyp
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