Seniors and Disabilities
The amount of disabilities among US senior citizens has decreased over the past two decades. Seniors are becoming healthier and has thus caused a continued decline in disability. A study from the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS), found in the National Academy of Sciences, reported that disability among seniors age 65 and older fell from 26 percent in 1982 to 19 percent in 2005. The study also showed that chronic disability among American seniors with both severe and less severe impairments has decreased. Researchers have noted that assistive technology and other mobility and medical advances may be factors in these declines. This is good news to seniors and shows that we are headed in the right direction of getting healthier and avoiding physical disabilities in our later years.
source: thematuremarket.com, by K.S. Date 02-02-2007
source: thematuremarket.com, by K.S. Date 02-02-2007
Labels: disability, seniors
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