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Article: Health and Wellness Promotion for Older Adults
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- Dynamic Chiropractic
- Article date:
- August 27, 2007
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Industrialized nations are experiencing a demographic revolution caused by the continuing increase in longevity and the rapid rise in the percentage of the population older than 65 years of age.1 By the year 2020, it is estimated that older adults will make up 22 percent of the population.
Eighty-eight percent of older adults seek some form of complementary and alternative care. This is more than twice the national average of 42 percent reported by Eisenburg.3 With the graying of the baby boomer generation, a large number of older adults will be seeking to promote health and wellness by continuing the fitness programs they started when they were in their 40s and 50s.
Chiropractors who ...