Health care for the aging population Baby boomers are living longer and longer; by 2030 one n five Americans will be over age sixty five, and the healthcare system is just beginning to feel the burden (Matthews, 2013). Healthcare for the aging population will have to change for the better for them since so many elders are living to unexpected ages from the past. Doctors must prepare and rethink every aspect of care for the older population, even rethinking the way there going to die(Matthews, 2013). On the other hand the country has to figure out how to pay for this extra care and how to support the older population. As the elder population grow and grow there will be a higher demand for geriatrician; geriatrician will help the elders prepare to live a healthier and longer life on there on. That leads into the decline in care givers; and how some elderly does not want to be a burden on their family they have to rely on visiting nurse to come provide them with the assistance they need or even get put in an assisted living home so they can receive the care around the clock that they need. This builds more and more medical expenses for the seniors that they can not really afford. An elderly expense is double the amount versus an individual that is under the age of sixty five; with all of the expenses from the elderly the younger generation is starting to feel the pressure of cost in healthcare going up. Furthermore, that leads into how we can come up with a solution to provide medical care financially to our aging population. One of the solutions that we must come up with is how our we as a country going to afford to pay for healthcare for the aging population; so we believe that these solution may be a start to this problem that is arising drastically and quickly. Providing a minimum of five years of reimbursement for elder’s so that professionals, legislators, and regulators can work together to focus more on financial and intellectual strategies. Another solution should be to provide financial incentives to upgrade elder care facilities and invest in health information technology; we should also establish financial reimbursement based on evidence on clinical research. That leads into providing government and private financial programs that enable the consumers to obtain the care they expect and deserve based on an individual responsibility of their own wellness, the last solution that should take place so that we as a country can provide care to our elderly is curbing unnecessary lawsuits, which siphon funds from direct care (Derr, 2005). That leads into the solution of how our country is going to provide care to our elderly and what things need to be changed to even provide care. For our elderly to live with some type of independence and dignity our Baby Boomers will need a wide range of professional health and social services, home care and residential supports and services; we must provide our elderly quality care with the demands of a more coordinated team of well-trained professionals and caregivers. To meet these needs for our elderly there is an urgent action by policymakers is required to address the issues of recruitment, training, retention and improved compensation and training for the professional and direct-care, and family caregivers to better serve our upcoming baby boomers and the elderly that we also take care of currently (www.elderecareworkforce.org, 2015).

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Matthews, S. (2013). Everyday Health. Retrieved from http://www.everdayhealth.com/senior-health/aging-and-health/pressures -on-healthcare-from-booming-senior-population.aspx
Workforce Alliance. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.eldercareworkforce.org//issuesandsolutions/aging-population/Eldercare
Derr, J. (December 1, 2002). Financing Health Care for an Aging Population. Retrieved from http://www.commomwealthfund.org/publications/commentaries/2005/dec/finacing-health-care-for-an-agingpopulation

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