The Elderly Population is Exploding

Yet, Nursing Homes are Closing!

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Here is a visually compelling graphic that covers the rash of nursing home closures that have been occurring since 2008 across theUnited States.

Even in the face of a ballooning Boomer and elderly population and the ACA, nursing homes are closing, and minority areas are feeling the brunt of it.

What gives?

Source: assistedlivingtoday.com 

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    The Population Health Blog can’t discern another explanation for Ezekiel Emanuel’s Why I Hope to Die at 75 article in The Atlantic.

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    • Projected Medicare costs for Alzheimer’s will increase to 24.2% of total Medicare spending by 2040.
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    • 50.1% of baby boomers will have Alzheimer’s in 2050 when they are all 85+.
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