Explore the Graying of America
in the 21st century. The Census Bureau says that from 2010 to 2020 the elderly population
over 65 is expected to increase by 35%, while the overall population will increase
by only 8% over the same time. As baby boomers move into
retirement, the ratio of elderly persons to those of working age will
nearly double from 1990 to 2050 to a projected 60 million, or about 25% of
the population. Most importantly, those 75 years and over will be an
increasingly larger proportion of the total elderly population.
Explore the Graying of America
in the 21st century at this site. See how people in America--and
all over the world--are
celebrating, mourning, reflecting on, adapting to, and researching the rapid
changes older Americans face in the new millennium. The aging are moving forward, finding
new ways to keep on working, learning, loving, and choosing those risks and
quests that age finally frees us to choose for ourselves.
Click on the links below for materials of current interest to older Americans.
Administration
on Aging<------Click
here to check out new categories to be included in months ahead.
Please email your own categories after clicking here.
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