The Ones We Seldom See: Old Folks in Young Countries

A. Mark Clarfield

doi:10.1111/jgs.16191

The Ones We Seldom See: Old Folks in Young Countries

A. Mark Clarfield

Faculty of Health Sciences

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Abstract

It has long been thought that demographic aging and its attendant implications for health and social services is primarily a problem for industrialized wealthy countries. Nothing could be further from the truth since most older persons (and an increasingly higher number) reside in low-income countries. Through a description of a home visit to older women in the small town of Gondar, Ethiopia, the general state of older persons in sub-Saharan Africa is addressed. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2240–2244, 2019.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2240-2244
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Volume	67
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16191
State	Published - 1 Nov 2019

Keywords

Ethiopia
global burden of disease
low-income countries
sub-Saharan Africa

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Geriatrics and Gerontology

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