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Transforming Human
Services for Older Adults: Responding to Our Aging Society details
the findings and broad recommendations that resulted from the
planning process. There is no doubt that our population is aging. In fewer
than 25 years, one-in-five
Americans will be aged 65 years or older.
With the
increasing uncertainty of
public assistance programs on which many older adults rely,
changing family structures,
and as medical advances extend the lives of those with
chronic conditions, older adults
will come into contact with nonprofit social service
agencies in greater numbers than ever before. Social and
human service nonprofit agencies, many of which have
traditionally focused on youth and nuclear families, must
begin preparing to address the implications
of an aging society. |