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Para el 2050, se espera que el número de adultos mayores en Colorado se duplicará a 1.7 millones. ¿Cómo se prepara Colorado para servir a sus comunidades envejeciendo?
We know that helping our families thrive means meeting the needs of parents and children with a coordinated approach. In this session, we’ll talk about why a two-generation approach is a bipartisan opportunity to make a real impact on the health of our families.
One of the most important health care decisions we make in our lifetimes is our last. We can choose to live out our final days at home or in a hospital. We can prioritize medical interventions that ease suffering rather than more aggressive forms of care.
It’s our choice, and a very personal one. But too often, end-of-life medical wishes go unheeded because people don’t make a plan.
This plan is called an advance directive. Advance directives convey health care preferences in case a patient is cognitively or physically unable to make decisions.
"People impacted by health problems should be engaged to help shape and change policy or improve implementation."
How a battle with hearing loss gave CHI's newest policy analyst Liana Major a new perspective on her work.
In the first year terminally ill Coloradans could legally end their lives with the assistance of a prescription drug, Colorado appears to be mirroring the experiences of other states where aid in dying is legal.
In 2017, most of the 69 prescriptions were written for people over the age of 55 struggling with cancer, heart disease or ALS, the degenerative neurological disorder. The vast majority of patients who died after seeking a prescription were white, under hospice care and residents of Front Range cities or suburbs.
They may be poor or live alone. Their sight may be failing, or they may have trouble remembering what day it is. Some will need assisted living; others will spend their golden years in their own homes and neighborhoods.
The stunning growth of Colorado’s 65-plus population is well underway. By 2050 there will be twice as many seniors as there are today, with implications for the state’s economy, infrastructure, workforce, health care and more.
No county will be unaffected by this demographic shift. But not all will be impacted equally.
Colorado is getting older. By 2050, there will be twice as many seniors as there are today, a demographic sea change that will impact Colorado’s economy, its infrastructure, the age and skills of its workforce, and the social landscape.
Colorado fell from fourth to eighth in the nation for how well it supports seniors and those with disabilities, according to the 2017 AARP Long-Term Services and Support Score Card.
Older Latinos report worse health than other Colorado seniors. Poor access to care and health costs are partially to blame.