Assisted Living: Who Needs Long-Term Care?

ASSISTED LIVING WHO NEEDS LONG-TERM CARE? SINCE 2002, AN ESTIMATED 10 MILLION AMERICANS NEEDED LONG-TERM CARE. TTTTI TTTTTTTTTTTT 63% OF AMERICANS WHO NEED CARE ARE 65 YEARS AND OLDER (6.3 MILLION); 37% ARE 64 YEARS AND YOUNGER (3.7 MILLION). UP TO 65+ T 64 63% 37% PROBABILITY BECOMING DISABLED IN AT LEAST TWO ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING OR OF BEING COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED IS 68% FOR PEOPLE AGE 65 AND OLDER. 68% DUE TO GROWTH OF POPULATION, BY 2050 THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS USING PAID LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES WILL LIKELY DOUBLE FROM THE 13 MILLION 27 MILLION PEOPLE! 13 MIL 27 MIL 40% OF THE OLDER POPULATION WITH LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS ARE POOR OR NEAR POOR. TTTTTTTTTTTITITITTTT