Ways to Begin Critical Health Care Conversations with Aging Loved Ones During National Older Americans Month
Have you started having discussions with your aging loved one about their health care as they age? Because National Older Americans Month is celebrated in May, this might be a good time to start a health care discussion. There have, in fact, been advances nationwide in the care of our aging adults since National Older Americans Month was first celebrated in 1963. At that time, Medicare had not been created and there were very few government programs that provided assistance to seniors in need. Also, more than one-third of all older Americans lived in poverty. Fortunately, there has been a lot of progress over the past fifty years in the care of our older Americans.