title: Senior health issues.
abstract: Thanks to improved living conditions, better nutrition, preventive care, increased fitness, antibiotics, and other factors, more Americans will remain healthy through their 80s and beyond. As people live longer, however, so do the demands for services and products that respond to their needs. Will the medical field be prepared?
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rapport
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey