Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abstract
People in this country are living longer because of better nutrition, better health practices and better medical technologies. In the late 1700's, 2 percent of the population of the United States, or about 50, 000 persons, were 65 years of age or older. In 1900, 4 percent, or about 3.1 million persons were older Americans, and in 1980, the census revealed that there were more than. 11 percent, or about 25.5 million persons 65 years old or older. By 1982, that number had already increased to 26.6 million. The number of older persons has shown a net increase of 1600 per day, or about 600, 000 per year (Select Committee on Aging, 1982). It has been projected that by the year 2000, there will be 32 million older persons, a number that will be about 13 percent of our total population. (Glass & Grant, 1983).
Year of Submission
1987
Department
Department of Educational Administration and Counseling
First Advisor
Robert T. Lembke
Date Original
1987
Object Description
1 PDF file (18 leaves)
Copyright
©1987 Barbara Pletz Hill
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hill, Barbara Pletz, "Counseling the older adult" (1987). Graduate Research Papers. 2566.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2566
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