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People with disabilities: How are we going to meet their needs?
Author(s) -
Waldman H. Barry,
Perlman Steven P.,
Fenton Sanford J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2005.tb01417.x
Subject(s) - medicine , population , gerontology , service (business) , health care , health services , service provider , nursing , environmental health , economic growth , marketing , business , economics
Summary The proportion of the population age 65+ years will increase to 20% of US. residents in the next decadesb It has been shown that the portion of the population with disabilities increases with age. Providing care for individuals with disabilities is expensive and consuming an increasing component of health service benefits. Health providers increasingly will be called upon to provide services for millions of persons with a wide range of ages and disabilities. How well prepared will the health professions, the individual practitioners, including dentists, and society in general be to meet these increasing needs?