Health Care for an Aging Population

Preparing for Better Health and Health Care for an Aging Population.

This publication is part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Initiative, which called on nearly 150 leading researchers, scientists, and policy makers from across the United States to assess and provide expert guidance on 19 priority issues for U.S. health and health care. The views presented in this publication and others in the series are those of...

Health and social care in aging population: an integrated care institution for the elderly in Greece

PURPOSE To describe the nature of the services actually offered to the elderly in Greece by an institution of integrated care, as opposed to those that should be offered according to the relevant law, and to investigate the factors influencing the supply of those services. BACKGROUND By the year 2020 about 20 million people will be aged 80 and over in the European Union. People of third age c...

Improving Access to Specialist Care for an Aging Population

Objective: The objective of the study is to examine the Champlain. BASETM (Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation) eConsult service's impact on access to care for older persons. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of all eConsult cases submitted between April 15, 2011, and July 31, 2015, in which the patient was above the age of 65 years. Study data consisted of utili...

Iranian Population Policy and Aging: New Health Concerns

The trend of population aging and planning of health services for the elderly: A review study

Background & Aim: Ageing represents the accumulation of changes in a human being over time, and it is synonymous with the beginning of the age of 65.The purpose of this paper is to provide a picture of the growth of the elderly population in the world and planning and policies to provide health services to this category of the population. Methods: This study was conducted to review. There were...