Transcript Aging in America

Aging in America
The Future of Assisted Living
Amihan Makayan
PA 735
May 12, 2012
Age is an issue of mind over
matter. If you don't mind, it
doesn't matter.
- Mark Twain
It takes a long time to become young.
-Pablo Picasso
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at
twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning
stays young. The greatest thing in life is to
keep your mind young.
-Henry Ford
I will never be an old man. To
me, old age is always 15 years
older than I am.
-Francis Bacon
Old age is no place for sissies.
-Bette Davis
Self-Reported Health Status of Persons 65 Years and Over, by Race: 1989 to 1991 and
2030 (Numbers in thousands. Projections are based on highest and lowest
population series of U.S. Bureau of the Census.)
POOR HEALTH
SERIES AND YEAR
EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD,
OR GOOD HEALTH
All Groups
Other Than
Black
Black
2030
Lowest Series
41,382
5,488
4,501
987
Highest Series
55,057
7,590
6,223
1,367
71
10
9
16
22,359
2.904
2,499
411
71.6
9.3
8.7
16.4
Percent of
Population
1989-1991
Number
Percent of
Population
The older population--persons 65 years or
older--numbered 39.6 million in 2009. They
represented 12.9% of the U.S. population,
about one in every eight Americans.
By 2030, there will be about 72.1 million
older persons, more than twice their number
in 2000. People 65+ represented 12.4% of
the population in the year 2000 but are
expected to grow to be 19% of the
population by 2030.
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
In 1989 to now
• LifeCall / Life Alert
• Alerts a dispatcher when
someone who lives alone has
a medical emergency.
Now
• GPS “tattoo” monitors pregnancy
Status
Future
• Technology will be used to monitor
health conditions and alert health
provider if there’s dangerous
conditions and dispatch assistance
when necessary.
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
• A connected home will help
seniors live in their own
home with medical
assistance just a click away.
• The future home will be
ADA accessible and
diagnosis machines for
heart rate, diabetes, and
cholesterol monitoring will
be part of a regular
household appliance (ie.
refrigerator or TV).
A GLOBAL WORLD
NOW
• Patients abide by doctor’s
office hours to be seen
for ailments.
FUTURE
• A worldwide
network of
doctors can
be accessed
24-7
virtually.
Instead of moving away to a retirement home,
assisted living, and nursing homes, most future
seniors will choose to age in place in the
communities they cherish.
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WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?