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The United Nations General Assembly has designated 1999 as the “International Year of Older Persons.” The theme for the year, “A Society for All Ages,” highlights the realization that there are dramatic increases in longevity around the world. Within the past fifty years, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years old has changed from one in 13 to one in 10. In some parts of the world...
The number of persons 60 years and older is growing rapidly. The fastest growth is occurring in the group that is 80 years and older. Some directors of nutrition/fitness centers find a constant decrease in the number of participants who come to the congregate sites for their meals. Those centers that have creative programming have been able to attract new seniors and increase the numbers that stay...