Archive for July, 2011
Long Term Care in Arkansas
The growing demand for long term care in Arkansas and the rest of US has become a great concern to most residents, most specifically to baby boomers. Data show majority of the money in Arkansas goes to institutional care but Arkansans say they want to receive services at home.
According to AARP, who have commissioned to conduct a survey to gauge state residents’ opinions about LTC revealed that the number of Arkansans age 85 and older is projected to grow by nearly 50 percent by 2030. And, more than three-quarters of respondents want to receive care from family, friends or personal aides. This is consistent with national results show that 89 percent of Americans over 50 want to stay at home whenever possible.
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Confronting the Challenges of Long Term Care in Maine
Maine is one of the smallest states in America with 1.27 million residents. In line with the small population is the rapidly increasing number of adults aged 65 older, they comprised 14.4% of the population or equivalent to 183,000 seniors in the year 2000 alone. Almost one-third of people aged 65 and older are living alone. The 85 and above age group are expected to require long term care services and will grow to about 26 percent between 2000 and 2015. As what have expected in all states, Maine’s senior population is also projected to treble over the next 25 years. By 2025, its elderly population will have reached nearly 77.3 percent. In 2025, 21.4 percent of Maine’s population will be aged 65 years and older compared to the national rate of 18.6%.
Tags: continuous increase, elderly population, financial constraints, health care services, labor shortage, maine maine, nursing home care, southern maine, states in america, workforce shortage
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