VA PREPARES FOR ALZHEIMER'S POPULATION All Edition

America's veteran population is growing older as baby boomers who served in the military head toward retirement years. With the help of modern medicine and different lifestyles, many of these veterans are living longer and projections show that this trend will continue well into the next centur...

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Published inWisconsin state journal
Main Author Vincent J. Schodolski Chicago Tribune Unprepared to deal with the special needs of caring for people with Alzheimer's, the VA admits it faces a major problem in coping with the flood of elderly vets who will be entering the agency's nursing homes in the
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison, Wis Madison Newspapers, Inc 08.09.1998
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Summary:America's veteran population is growing older as baby boomers who served in the military head toward retirement years. With the help of modern medicine and different lifestyles, many of these veterans are living longer and projections show that this trend will continue well into the next century. By 2000, there will be 9.3 million American veterans over age 65. This trend poses a major challenge for the Department of Veterans Affairs nursing homes around the country, because as vets live longer, they increasingly fall victim to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Unprepared to deal with the special needs of caring for people with Alzheimer's, the VA admits it faces a major problem in coping with the flood of elderly vets who will be entering the agency's nursing homes in the coming decade.
ISSN:0749-405X