• Abuse of older people, or elder abuse, is a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action occurring within any relationship in which there is expectation of trust that causes harm or distress to an older person (aged 60 years and older). (who.int)
  • In 2000, over the age of 80 in high-income countries have two or more the number of persons in the Region aged 60 years and older chronic conditions. (who.int)
  • About half those people are kids, and two-thirds are kids, older adults, or people with disabilities. (rwjf.org)
  • When you look at people who were served by SNAP as kids, if you then follow them over the course of their life, as adults, they have lower rates of things like diabetes and high blood pressure. (rwjf.org)
  • And some people served by the program have better economic outcomes as adults. (rwjf.org)
  • Do you see HPV infections in children, or is it mostly young adults, or is it older adults? (upstate.edu)
  • Many older adults can be an asset during a disaster, calling upon their prior experience, wisdom and mental resilience to survive, help others, and provide reassurance to those who are frightened or depressed by the events. (cdc.gov)
  • However, certain aspects of the aging process can make many older adults particularly vulnerable during a disaster, especially if they have one or more chronic illnesses, functional limitations, or dementia. (cdc.gov)
  • Emergency preparedness experts have begun to recognize the special needs of older adults with chronic conditions following a disaster and are planning to assist this population. (cdc.gov)
  • Much information and many resources are available to help older adults and their families plan for potential disasters, gain confidence that they have done everything they can do, and then relax and get on with life. (cdc.gov)
  • Older adults are more vulnerable than younger adults during a disaster because they are more likely to have impaired physical mobility, diminished sensory awareness, chronic health conditions, or social and economic limitations that interfere with their ability to prepare for disasters and to respond and adapt during such events. (cdc.gov)
  • More than half of older adults have some kind of functional limitation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (cdc.gov)
  • Older adults also are more prone than younger people to ill effects from extreme temperature, especially if local electric utility or gas distribution services are disrupted for an extended period of time. (cdc.gov)
  • Frail older adults with certain chronic diseases or disabilities require assistance to survive and recover from a disaster, especially if they are dependent on caregivers for assistance with their daily activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Exposure to conditions associated with many disasters -- such as lack of safe food and water, extreme heat or cold, stress, or exposure to infection -- can aggravate chronic conditions that are common to older adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Age-related hearing loss is one of the most common health conditions affecting older adults. (medlineplus.gov)
  • First, there will be more older persons than ever before diseases, or 26 million a year, occur in adults over the age of 60. (who.int)
  • In fact, half of adults and percentage of the population aged 60 and over. (who.int)
  • As a result of continuous urbanization and the historical precedent for a majority of middle-aged and older disintegration of the system of extended families, the conventional adults having living parents. (who.int)
  • By 2050, meet the needs of older populations, health professionals in 80% of older adults will reside in low- or middle-income old age care to be trained and age-friendly settings established. (who.int)
  • In the UK, a person aged 65 can expect to live to 85 and over half of all adults will be over 50 by 2035. (who.int)
  • 2. Create opportunities for older adults to contribute to society. (who.int)
  • From 1980 to 2016, the poorest 50% of people received 12 cents of every dollar of global income growth, while the richest 1% got more than double that, with 27 cents of every dollar. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • In 2016 there were 1.2 million chronically lonely older people in the UK. (who.int)
  • About 2.5 million Americans have it, but half of these people don't know it. (aafp.org)
  • For these older Americans--and for those of us moving each year to join them--the lengthening of life gives an opportunity for a new dimension to living. (ssa.gov)
  • But the fact is, millions of older Americans face many problems. (ssa.gov)
  • We must attack all these problems all the time, if we are to achieve goals of security and opportunity for all older Americans. (ssa.gov)
  • One in every three adult Americans -- about 65 million people -- have high blood pressure , also known as hypertension. (webmd.com)
  • About 75 million Americans fall into this category. (webmd.com)
  • Elevated IOP (ocular hypertension) is estimated to affect 5-10 million Americans, placing them at risk for developing glaucomatous damage. (medscape.com)
  • The number of over-50s experiencing loneliness is set to reach two million by 2025/6. (who.int)
  • The minority of older people had no chronic conditions (730,000, 20%) (ABS 2018a). (aihw.gov.au)
  • The statistics reported here are based on a selected group of chronic conditions that commonly affect older people, and for which robust data are available. (aihw.gov.au)
  • The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show in July 2023, there were nearly 3.4 million people across Great Britain claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP). (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Older Australians , AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 01 December 2023. (aihw.gov.au)
  • About 6 million people are estimated to have Alzheimer's disease. (commonwealthfund.org)
  • Approximately half of Alzheimer's cases are classified as mild . (commonwealthfund.org)
  • More than five million people across the U.S. have symptomatic Alzheimer's disease. (sflcn.com)
  • Though these numbers are significant, a more subtle sign of Alzheimer's affects even more people - mild cognitive impairment. (sflcn.com)
  • Half of the individuals who suffer cognitive impairment will eventually develop more severe Alzheimer's symptoms. (sflcn.com)
  • There are 2,153 billionaires globally, and, in 2019, they held more wealth combined than 4.6 billion people, according to the report, which uses data from the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report and Forbes' billionaire rankings. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • The prevalence of osteoarthritis increased to around 528 million people worldwide in 2019 and is expected to continue to rise, the World Health Organization reports . (medscape.com)
  • There are about 13 million new HPV infections that occur each year in the United States. (upstate.edu)
  • Risk of high blood pressure begins to climb when people hit age 45, although it can occur in younger people. (webmd.com)
  • [ 8 , 9 ] More than 7 million office visits occur per year to monitor patients with glaucoma or to observe those who are glaucoma suspect. (medscape.com)
  • Demographers foresee the state surpassing the 4 million mark a little more than 10 years from now, between 2032 and 2033, then topping 5 million sometime after 2050. (sltrib.com)
  • As noted above, many older Australians have several different conditions, and the impact on people's health care use or wellbeing may be compounded by the number of conditions people have, or the interactions between particular conditions (often referred to as comorbidities). (aihw.gov.au)
  • For reasons that are not fully understood, some health conditions that are common in older people, including heart disease and diabetes, also influence age-related hearing loss. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Open-angle glaucoma usually affects older people. (aafp.org)
  • Glaucoma suspect describes a person with one or more risk factors that may lead to glaucoma, but this individual does not have definite glaucomatous optic nerve damage or visual field defect. (medscape.com)
  • Between 80,000-116,000 persons are legally blind secondary to glaucoma. (medscape.com)
  • Interpersonal violence affects hundreds of millions of people. (who.int)
  • It serves about 40 million people in this country, in any one particular year. (rwjf.org)
  • He said: "We have also ensured that people who receive the highest level of support, and whose needs will not improve, together with most people over State Pension age, receive an ongoing award of PIP with a 'light touch' review at the 10-year point. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • There are 3 million elderly families with incomes of less than $3,000 a year, and two-thirds of all elderly persons, who live alone or with non-relatives, have incomes below $1,500. (ssa.gov)
  • Despite their wealth levels dipping at the start of the year, they quickly rebounded, and the world's 500 richest people managed to add $1.2 trillion to their wealth over the course of the year, according to a Bloomberg analysis. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Even though estimates of the wealth of the world's poorest have been revised upward this year, the rate at which we are reducing global poverty has fallen by half since 2013, according to the World Bank. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Due to the rise of social media and mobile phones, over half of the nation consider the landline a 'redundant' piece of technology, rising to seven in 10 among 18 to 24-year-olds. (metro.co.uk)
  • So there was 82-year-old Wally Funk. (kunc.org)
  • So Blue Origin says it's planning two more space tourism flights this year, half a dozen next year. (kunc.org)
  • Taisiia took me to her room, where she bunked with her 9-year-old sister, Alexandra. (wyso.org)
  • 1 in 6 older people is a victim of abuse every year. (who.int)
  • Globally, almost half a million people are murdered each year. (who.int)
  • Globally, some 475 000 people are victims of homicide every year. (who.int)
  • The harmful use of alcohol results in 3.3 million deaths each year. (who.int)
  • On average every person in the world aged 15 years or older drinks 6.2 litres of pure alcohol per year. (who.int)
  • about 2.4 million people develop POAG each year. (medscape.com)
  • Each year, an additional 5,500 people are estimated to become legally blind. (medscape.com)
  • It's been more expedient to subjugate black people by oppressing wherever they reside . (brookings.edu)
  • This means older people claiming the Full New State Pension and awarded both of the enhanced components for PIP (or Adult Disability Payment in Scotland) would receive up to £1,506.40 every four weeks. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • And more than half of these infections are occurring in our young adult population. (upstate.edu)
  • The next most common sexually transmitted infection would be herpes at 19 million infections, so you can see how frequent this virus infection really is. (upstate.edu)
  • Key findings Arthritis is the most common chronic condition among older people, with half (49%), or 1.8 million people, reporting they have it. (aihw.gov.au)
  • The most common joint affected is the knee , with a global prevalence of 365 million. (medscape.com)
  • And while huge numbers of people have been pulled from extreme poverty over the last few decades, 735 million people still live in extreme poverty ― meaning they survive on $1.90 or less a day ― and nearly half of the world (3.4 billion people) live on less than $5.50 a day. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • However, many older people live with chronic health conditions. (aihw.gov.au)
  • Thanks to the marvels of modern medicine and technology, many seriously ill people continue to live in their own homes with support from caregivers and professionals. (cdc.gov)
  • Economies are globalizing, more and more people live and work in cities, technology is evolving rapidly and there are fewer extended families. (who.int)
  • More persons than ever before will live to see their 80s or much earlier than we would imagine, healthy behaviours in 90s. (who.int)
  • And as people live longer, it is important to ensure that their added years are healthy, so that health care costs can be kept not give due priority to the care of the elderly at the expense manageable. (who.int)
  • These figures should be set against statistics that show that an increasing number of people, and over 51% aged 75 and over, now live alone. (who.int)
  • New projections from demographers at the University of Utah's Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute - the state's go-to think tank these days for population projections - indicate the Beehive State's growth rate will ease only gradually as the next four decades unfold, adding 2.2 million more people by 2060 or so. (sltrib.com)
  • Violence against children includes all forms of violence against people under 18 years old, whether perpetrated by parents or other caregivers, peers, or strangers. (who.int)
  • This administration will continue to build on the efforts of President Kennedy to make this a better country for its older citizens. (ssa.gov)
  • The value of effective policies which promote the wellbeing and quality of life of older citizens is becoming an increasing priority throughout the developed world. (who.int)
  • The latest statistics also indicate more than half a million people of State Pension age are also in receipt of the disability payment. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • People who reach State Pension age who are no longer claiming any of the working age disability benefits may also be able to reclaim it - as long as they are claiming for the same health conditions they initially received the award for and the last claim ended less than 12 months before reaching State Pension age. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • For people over State Pension age with a health condition, long-term illness or disability they may be eligible for Attendance Allowance - this is worth either £61.85 or £92.40 every week from DWP. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • Osteoporosis and other bone diseases affect millions of U.S. residents and are a major cause of disability. (cdc.gov)
  • p>The bottom line is that, while the coronavirus response legislation seems likely to help in the near term, the long-term changes still on the table would make SNAP harder to access for many people and would make school meals less healthy. (rwjf.org)
  • In: Healthy People 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthy older people represent a valuable resource for their families, communities and economies and human resources are allocated for the care of older people. (who.int)
  • In 1900, people primarily died because of infectious diseases it was in 1980, and the absolute number of persons aged 60 years and over is expected to increase from 605 million to 2 has changed considerably. (who.int)
  • Laboratory tests for vitamin D are used to determine a person's vitamin D status, and to identify persons with vitamin D deficiency. (cdc.gov)
  • Sexual violence is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person's sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting. (who.int)
  • Close to 4 million Canadians do not have a family physician, and more than 2 million report difficulties in accessing routine or ongoing care at any time of day as well as immediate care for minor health problems at any time of day. (cmaj.ca)
  • The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in thousands of deaths in the United States and has upended daily life for millions of people across the country. (rwjf.org)
  • BLM puts a renewed focus on the systemic repression of black people in policing, criminal justice, education, economic development, housing, electoral processes, and other quality of life indicators. (brookings.edu)
  • For such people, there are reliable younger woman older man dating sites , offering all the necessary features for chatting, online dating, and meeting each other in real life! (europeanbusinessreview.com)
  • And she's known war half of her life. (wyso.org)
  • Consequently, people exposed to violence are at increased risk of a wide range of immediate and life-long behavioural, physical and mental health problems, including being a victim and/or perpetrator of further violence. (who.int)
  • The number of persons aged 80 years or over, for example, childhood are the foundation for good health later in life. (who.int)
  • Thus, recent studies show that the risk factors that may affect young people throughout their life cycle are of various levels: physical, psychological, economic, sociocultural etc. (bvsalud.org)
  • Half of all women and as many as a quarter of men age 50 years and older will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. (cdc.gov)
  • Utah will see a crucial shift in 40 years in what fuels its population growth, away from natural increases as births exceed deaths to primarily in-migration, as more people are drawn to the state by its economy and retirement locales. (sltrib.com)
  • People with chronic balance disorders are significantly disabled in many day-to-day functions, particularly those that require stabilizing the body during weight-shifting, bending, or rapid head motion. (cdc.gov)
  • Today's older Australians (aged 65 and over) are generally living longer and healthier lives than those in previous generations. (aihw.gov.au)
  • This page presents key information about selected health conditions and how they affect older Australians. (aihw.gov.au)
  • An estimated 717,800 people aged 65 and over had one or more conditions related to heart, stroke or vascular disease, based on self-reported data from the 2017-18 NHS (AIHW 2020c). (aihw.gov.au)
  • Our programs in income maintenance, our efforts in supporting private industry in the building of better housing for older people, our investments in research, our assistance in the provision of medical facilities--these and other actions are bringing us closer to the time when elderly people generally can enjoy the independence and the sense of purpose and accomplishment that are their due. (ssa.gov)
  • Health care professionals with specialist training in the care of people to be an integrated component of health and social the elderly are still rare among practitioners in both the public care packages, national development programmes, and and private sectors. (who.int)
  • Joanna Kakissis is a foreign correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she reports poignant stories of a conflict that has upended millions of lives, affected global energy and food supplies and pitted NATO against Russia. (wyso.org)
  • Key findings 1 in 5 (20%) people aged 65-74 report having chronic pain, increasing to 22% of those aged 75-84 and 24% of those 85 and over. (aihw.gov.au)
  • Minister for Disabled People Tom Pursglove MP recently said the DWP has made changes to help reduce the frequency of repeat assessments some older people need to go through on PIP. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • So at any point in time, there are about 40 million people with an HPV infection. (upstate.edu)
  • So that means that most people in the United States who are infected with HPV don't even know that they have infection. (upstate.edu)
  • Many people who have high blood pressure don't realize they have it. (webmd.com)
  • However, because the hearing loss is gradual, many people do not realize they cannot hear as well as they used to. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her personal, non-commercial reference. (aafp.org)
  • All of those are good changes that aim to make benefits more secure for more people during this emergency. (rwjf.org)
  • Hundreds of millions more men, women, and children suffer non-fatal forms of interpersonal violence, including child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and abuse of older people, with many suffering multiple forms. (who.int)
  • People might not have understood but Ruth was on a mission. (postfun.com)
  • 1 in 3 young people has been bullied in the past month. (who.int)
  • Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a Very Young Person. (cdc.gov)
  • The American people are not satisfied with better-than-average health. (ssa.gov)
  • And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in July that "a system that allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don't have access to public health is wrong. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Health Survey (NHS) estimated that, in 2017-18, 1.1 million (29%) older people had one chronic condition, just over 831,000 (23%) had 2 and 1.0 million (28%) had 3 or more. (aihw.gov.au)
  • Cardiovascular disease remains a major health concern in Australia, and it generally has a greater impact on older people (AIHW 2020c). (aihw.gov.au)
  • And almost half say they give out their home number to sales people and companies, to stop them getting their mobile details. (metro.co.uk)
  • Many Russian women (especially those aged 30-35) are not completely satisfied with the masculine qualities of Russian men, and therefore, to find a partner, such girls often opt for registering on a reliable older man younger woman dating site and look for a worthy gentleman to start a serious relationship and create a family. (europeanbusinessreview.com)
  • Affected people find it increasingly difficult to understand what others are saying, particularly when there is background noise (such as at a party). (medlineplus.gov)
  • In a stark reminder of gaping global inequality, a report published Sunday reveals that 162 billionaires, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon's Jeff Bezos , have the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Soon, the world will also have more older persons than on long-term care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other residential settings. (who.int)
  • Which means (laughter) clearly most people will still not get that chance to fly to outer space. (kunc.org)
  • Homicide is the killing of a person by another with intent to cause death or serious injury, by any means. (who.int)
  • One of the most urgent orders of business at this time is the enactment of hospital insurance for the aged through social security to help older people meet the high costs of illness without jeopardizing their economic independence. (ssa.gov)
  • Mamba is one of the most popular and multifunctional social networks for finding a soul mate, friends, and chatting with an audience of 40 million members and a variety of applications and convenient geo-search. (europeanbusinessreview.com)
  • Respect and social inclusion - so that people from all backgrounds are valued and respected. (who.int)
  • Online dating is especially relevant for busy older men, who, for example, have their own flourishing business and have no time to meet women somewhere else. (europeanbusinessreview.com)
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  • While there are no basic changes in approach, the available epidemiologic data indicate that the elimination of congenital rubella syndrome can be achieved and even hastened by focusing particular attention on more effective delivery of vaccine to older individuals--particularly women of childbearing age. (cdc.gov)
  • President Donald Trump's fortune, for example, was built off the hundreds of millions of dollars he was given or inherited from his father. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Little did these people know that Ruth's collection of pop tabs would help many lives. (postfun.com)
  • A survey of 2,000 people by broadband provider Relish found that only 1 in 5 people know their landline number. (metro.co.uk)
  • Consumer marketing Bridget Lorimer said: 'Our results have found that millions of consumers are paying for a service that they just aren't using, exemplified by the fact they can't even recall their own number. (metro.co.uk)
  • A 2005 Harris poll found that 13 million people aged 50 and older said that they would need help to evacuate during a disaster. (cdc.gov)
  • Utah County is expected to double in population, adding 674,000 residents to reach 1.33 million by 2060. (sltrib.com)
  • Washington County, in Utah's southwest corner, will see the largest percentage gain, more than doubling in population to reach 465,000 people. (sltrib.com)
  • Having several diseases may lead to chronic was around 26.8 million (5.8% of the total population). (who.int)
  • Yet, no one thought to stop in their tracks and ask the older lady what she was doing. (postfun.com)
  • Even though Ruth knew what she was doing was important and would pay off in the end, it didn't stop people from giving her disapproving looks. (postfun.com)
  • You'll jog a 4.3-mile (7-kilometer) route at a pace set by your small group limited to 15 people and stop regularly to get the inside scoop on local culture and history. (tripadvisor.co.uk)
  • High blood pressure is especially dangerous because people can have it for years without knowing. (webmd.com)
  • These major circulating forms reflect the cumulative effects of exposure to sunlight and dietary intake of vitamin D (the two ways people get vitamin D), and therefore, clinicians use them to determine vitamin D status. (cdc.gov)
  • African-American people tend to develop it younger and have more severe hypertension. (webmd.com)