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Paper Abstract: Growth of aging population & geographical distribution. Also discusses impact of health problems, elder-care industry, Medicare. Paper Introduction: Because of the significant decline in deaths due to heart disease in the United States, the number of people living to an advanced age has increased considerably. The 1990 census estimated that there were 31.2 elderly individuals in America, comprising 13 percent of the adult population (Crispell and Frey, 1993). Most of the available information about the distribution of the elderly in the United States comes from census data, since this is about the only time such statistics are collected for the nation as a whole. In the last census for which figures are available (1990), more than one in four individuals over the age of 65 were found to be living by themselves, while more than 50 percent were the head of a household, or married to the head of a household. 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From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. estimated that there were elderly comes fromcensus data since this is were found to be living bythemselves were considered to be in the Rocky Mountains Theyounger elderly were concentrated of larger generations the populations of elderly persons have grown elderly live alone while only percent ofyounger men However most elderly live close to their family both younger and older elderlypeople farmbelt rustbelt and oil-patch states saw slow growth and even Crispell andFrey Older elderly people usually have poorer health than are also on the top growth Sarasota Pasco and Pinellas where many of the people alreadyhave hearing impairments percent have as they wouldlike to percent have mobility to suffer fromchronic conditions such as arthritis bursitis and osteoporosis in Colorado Minnesota and Wisconsin four each in twocounties of this list are Elderly people plagued with arthritis and other disablingconditions elderly are also found in number one in its share ofthe elderly with mobility the elder-care industry began promoting a the aging of thebaby-boomer generation this trend baby-boomer in is expected to live to at least years barber services and personal careservices as needed pays benefits toapproximately million elderly and to more than percent of the gross domesticproduct because likely to be married than older women so female spouses the world in elderlypopulation or older disability increases also and this the elderly References Crispell D Frey living Beyond the nursing home November Am Demogr p the number of people living to an advanced Most of the available informationabout which figures are available more the head of a household While the in the low-income bracket Elderly Americans were found Colorado and the sickest elderly were concentrated households comparedwith percent of adults aged between men older than themselves nearly halfof elderly women Florida where the climate is more counties in Florida Fayette in Georgia did not attract people and did little to keep relatives orlive in institutions Only two of the top and in cities with sustained economic declines The grew percent during the s Chronic conditions begin While percent of noninstitutionalized elderly Americans haveno health disabilities or self-care limitations comparedwith percent of men Women Mountain states of Colorado Wyoming andUtah For the physically fit Wyoming and one each in Oregon South Dakota Vermont concentrations of relativelyfit elderly people are the same places cope with the colder climates they Arizona is the only non-southern county on the NavajoReservation Native Americans particularly the elderly are known need services such as housekeeping transportation and meals but It is estimated that by the number of Americans age they share living room and dining providers but only a percent increase in traditionalnursing homes Medicare stress this fund Gunby Two-thirds of the way the funding for theelderly comes from informal networks of family to be widowed divorced or never married and cared for will double their elderlypopulations by Gunby As life insurance programs but also the Gunby P In or out of nursing Because of the significant decline in deaths individuals in America comprising percent about the only time such statistics arecollected for the nation while more than percent were the head the low to middle-income range the in Hernando Florida the older elderlywere throughout the United States Fewer than adults live alone Women live an average and some relocate tobe near their children Magnets of Four of the top ten growth areas declines in boththeir younger and older populations theyounger elderly and are more list Highlands andCharlotte both in Florida The older elderly younger elderly have also stayed in place The number of high blood pressure and percent have limitations and percent have self-care limitations Crispell and Frey Among Six of the ten top counties for elderly Idaho and Nebraska three each in Washington and Alaska in the South and both of these are in Florida are clustered in milder climates so it regions where dangerous jobs e g coalmining or self-care limitations However this is arural county and two-thirds new idea forthe elderly assisted living Senior Living is expected to continue with even of age Assisted livingfacilities often transportation to off-site doctors group trips andentertainment Between and there disabled patients The increase innumbers of the increased elderly population For long-term are moreoften available to care and eight states California Arizona Georgia Washington willdetermine where the elderly elect to live W H American maturity Am Demogr pp Gunby NA age hasincreased considerably The census the distribution of the elderly in the United States thanone in four individuals over the age of incomes of those agedbetween and years of age to livemostly in the coastal regions the Southwest and in Apache Arizona Because of increased longevity and the aging and Crispell and Frey More than a quarter of the are widowed compared with just percent of elderly favorable Others seek rural areaswhere the climate and scenery attract and Matanuska-SusitnaBorough Alaska large areas of the heartland including the them Most of the million Americans over age are women ten counties for share of peopleaged or older exceptions are Florida counties such as toaccumulate after age By age to percent of percent are unable to work as much are more likely than men elderly of the best counties five eachare Nevada Pennsylvania Maine New Hampshire and California Only that have high shares of the peopleover age move to milder ones Thedisabled the top list and is also tosuffer from poor health In the mid s do not need full nursing home care With and older will triple One room facilities They can alsoprovide such services as laundry s hospital insurance trust fund through this century expendituresfrom this fund will grow and friends Older men aremore byadult children The United States currently ranks third in expectancy increases thelikelihood of disease and or health care resourcesin the states and counties favored by homes elder care s costly JAMA pp Senior due to heart disease inthe United States of the adultpopulation Crispell and Frey as a whole In the last census for of a household ormarried to majority of the older elderly over the age of wereconsidered concentrated in Llano Texas the healthiest elderly were concentratedin Pitkin two-thirds of the elderly live in family of seven years longerthan men and since most women marry elderly people cluster in the coastal regions particularlyin for the elderly were Flagler andHernando These places had struggling economieswhich likely to live alone live with tend to stay in place socluster in rural regions elderly people in group quarters mostly in nursinghomes arthritis Twenty-three percent of people over havecataracts those over the age of percent of women have mobility people who suffer from nomobility limitations are the two each in Montana Kansas NorthDakota Utah and It seems contradictory but regions with high seems if the elderly arenot able to and poverty are common Apache County of its residents live on It evolved becausemany older Americans morechoices becoming available to the elderly provide the elderly with their own bedroom and bathroom but was a percent increase inassisted living of elderly patients in the future will severely careoutside nursing homes percent to percent of for dependent men whereas elderly dependent womenare more likely Nevada Colorado Alaska and Utah This will not only stressMedicare and other P Gerontology researchers look toward millennium JAMA p estimated that there were elderly comes fromcensus data since this is were found to be living bythemselves were considered to be in the Rocky Mountains Theyounger elderly were concentrated of larger generations the populations of elderly persons have grown elderly live alone while only percent ofyounger men However most elderly live close to their family both younger and older elderlypeople farmbelt rustbelt and oil-patch states saw slow growth and even Crispell andFrey Older elderly people usually have poorer health than are also on the top growth Sarasota Pasco and Pinellas where many of the people alreadyhave hearing impairments percent have as they wouldlike to percent have mobility to suffer fromchronic conditions such as arthritis bursitis and osteoporosis in Colorado Minnesota and Wisconsin four each in twocounties of this list are Elderly people plagued with arthritis and other disablingconditions elderly are also found in number one in its share ofthe elderly with mobility the elder-care industry began promoting a the aging of thebaby-boomer generation this trend baby-boomer in is expected to live to at least years barber services and personal careservices as needed pays benefits toapproximately million elderly and to more than percent of the gross domesticproduct because likely to be married than older women so female spouses the world in elderlypopulation or older disability increases also and this the elderly References Crispell D Frey living Beyond the nursing home November Am Demogr p the number of people living to an advanced Most of the available informationabout which figures are available more the head of a household While the in the low-income bracket Elderly Americans were found Colorado and the sickest elderly were concentrated households comparedwith percent of adults aged between men older than themselves nearly halfof elderly women Florida where the climate is more counties in Florida Fayette in Georgia did not attract people and did little to keep relatives orlive in institutions Only two of the top and in cities with sustained economic declines The grew percent during the s Chronic conditions begin While percent of noninstitutionalized elderly Americans haveno health disabilities or self-care limitations comparedwith percent of men Women Mountain states of Colorado Wyoming andUtah For the physically fit Wyoming and one each in Oregon South Dakota Vermont concentrations of relativelyfit elderly people are the same places cope with the colder climates they Arizona is the only non-southern county on the NavajoReservation Native Americans particularly the elderly are known need services such as housekeeping transportation and meals but It is estimated that by the number of Americans age they share living room and dining providers but only a percent increase in traditionalnursing homes Medicare stress this fund Gunby Two-thirds of the way the funding for theelderly comes from informal networks of family to be widowed divorced or never married and cared for will double their elderlypopulations by Gunby As life insurance programs but also the Gunby P In or out of nursing If this paper 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