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A, New Concept in, Long Term Care and Housing for Older People <br />TlIg Mm' <br />Nggd. g.QKgW 01 <br />InIa <br />(Al <br />The statistics on, increases in the older population probably won't <br />0 Oi a <br />slurpir Ise YOU One of evieryi 10, Americans is age 65 or over. By the <br />yeari 2000 the number of olde*r peopil,e will swell to 30e6 million or <br />1 4 <br />one in ei,gh,t persons. 'The over 75 age group, in particular, is <br />griow,ing dramatically.1 <br />Gire&t care was taken, in the planning and <br />development <br />of Elder <br />Homestead to dietermine <br />jusit what, the needs <br />and desires <br />of this <br />a,g i,nig plopuil,a,t lion are, <br />espec3lally those <br />with chronic <br />health <br />ff,roblems. The 'ideas and <br />advice of older people and their <br />children <br />w,erie directly solicited, <br />along with the <br />input of physicians, <br />hospital disicharige, pilanners,, and others <br />whose jobs <br />inve' -le <br />9 do <br />assilsting older pleople <br />in recommending health care and <br />i "Ig <br />air r ang e men t s, IN <br />Inde� endencle was a pir i,mary concern identif ied, along with the <br />P <br />security of h,avi,nig someone, around if problems arose. The children <br />wanteci the, emphaisis, put, on enj�oying and supporting their parents <br />riath,er, thain alliowing their careg:Lving to become a burden. <br />I <br />,A siensie of belonging was important. And the ready availability of <br />I - r <br />,health care servilices was criatiVical.1 The thought of going to a <br />Ii <br />nursing home, was very disturbing., Elder Homestead was carefully <br />c thosu <br />es",qined to respiond to these and, other • <br />spec concerns of <br />closest to the probleims,, <br />Ii <br />it's an, alterinative to inistitutilonal care designed for this growing <br />a <br />older pop�uil,ait <br />