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Recommended: Growth development and aging

From these module readings I have learned a great deal about the elderly population. From the article “A Profile of Older Americans” the elderly population will continue to grow a great deal as a result of the “baby boom” generation. The population over sixty five is expected to more than double to 82.3 million which is over twice the population size in 2000. As a nurse this will affect me because I will see the increase of elderly citizens in the hospital. The nursing feel will need to compensate to care for the increase. In that event we need to encourage the younger population to become health care providers such as nurses. We also need to encourage healthcare providers to work in the geriatric field. From the article “The Quest for Meaning

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