Working With Seniors: Health, Financial, and Social Issues

Chapter 1: Trends in Aging

Knowing what our senior population will be like in the next several decades – for example, their health status, where they will live, their family structures, their needs for financial planning, and more – is information that enables you to do a better job of setting expectations for the future. When you have a better understanding of what the future is expected to look like for the senior population, it affects how you plan and conduct your business, and how you help your senior clients.

This chapter covers key trends in aging such as increased longevity, the greater number of older women, retirement predictions for baby boomers, new patterns in family life and changes in how and where seniors live.