No provider of long-term services and supports can ignore the growing diversity of the aging population. For example, one in every five people aged 50 to 69 in the United States will be of Hispanic origin in 2030 [1] and the number of elderly immigrants will quadruple by 2050. [2] The number of Hispanic nursing home residents has been rising steadily since 2000 because older Hispanics have fewer family members available to care for them at home. [3]
As these trends continue, providers of long-term services and supports will feel pressure to tailor their services to an increasingly diverse clientele. This will mean serving native foods and hiring staff who speak native tongues. But it will also mean helping minority elderly meet the often pressing economic and health care needs that follow them into old age.
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