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Healthcare Challenges Associated with an Aging Population - Coggle Diagram
Healthcare Challenges Associated with an Aging Population
Biomedical
Increased lifespan
Greater number of chronic conditions
COPD
Heart failure
Diabetes
Dementia
Quantity does not constitute quality of life
More frail, high risk older adults
Greater likelihood of comorbidities
Leading cause of death is chronic illness for older adults
Focus needs to be shifted to lifestyle interventions early in life
Prompt better health outcomes as individuals age
Economic
Increased healthcare costs associated with ageing
Increased fiscal pressure on younger generation to front these costs
Increased cost for LTC and homecare services
Limited health insurance for older adults
Reduction in working age population
Shortage of qualified workers (including healthcare)
Systems and Policies
Care models are focused on acute rather than preventative care
Poor management of chronic conditions
Greater volume of ageing minority groups
Healthcare workers need to be educated to provide culturally sensitive care
Current models of long term care and community care for older adults are underfunded and understaffed
Limited ability to age in place
Poor health outcomes
Poor quality care
High rates of staff burnout
Elder abuse
Older individuals face significant barriers when trying to access healthcare services
Transportation
Technological
System-based issues
Sociocultural
Discrimination faced by older adults
Ageism
Driven by death anxiety
Ableism
Intergenerational Conflicts
4th age is viewed as a burden by younger generations
Gender and sexuality in older individuals
Considerations of the discrimination and trauma they may have faced earlier in life
Increased rates of social isolation due to exclusion from family
Poor health outcomes
Multigenerational families
Caregiver burnout