Ensuring Age-Friendly Public Health in Rural Communities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Model Programs
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Description
Discusses the components of age-friendly environments and how to support public health efforts that improve the lives of aging residents in rural areas. Provides data related to rural technology access, rural versus urban poverty rates and healthcare provider workforce, and county-level U.S. maps of percentage of population aged 65 or older and rural versus urban majority communities. Includes innovations and recommendations for age-friendly public health systems.
Author(s)
M. Aaron Guest, Megan Wolfe, Karon Phillips, Jane Hook
Date
08/2023
Type
Document
Organization
Trust for America's Health
Tagged as
Access · Aging and aging-related services · Elderly population · Health workforce supply and demand · Poverty · Public health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services