“42% of older adults have a disability: CDC,” by Lois A. Bowers, McKnight’s Senior Living

“Approximately 42% (41.7%) of noninstitutionalized U.S. adults aged 65 or more years have a disability, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Mobility issues, defined as serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs, by far were the most prevalent disability, affecting 26.9% of the 162,724 older adults covered by the data. The next most prevalent disability was serious difficulty hearing, affecting 14.9% of those 65 or older. Other disabilities studied were related to independent living — difficulty doing errands alone (affecting 9.8% of older adults), cognition — serious difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions (9.5%), vision — serious difficulty seeing (6.6%) and self-care — difficulty dressing or bathing (5.5%).”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

As swelling disability meets a shrinking safety net we’ll finally see consumers face the consequences of Medicaid-induced LTC denial.

42% of older adults have a disability: CDC

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