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As the baby boomer generation grows older in the next decades, many wonder if the nation´s health care system will be able to keep pace. Home health services are gearing up for the challenge, hoping to help meet the increasing demand of boomers with increasing health care needs.

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While more of today’s elderly choose to grow old at home where they can maintain a personal sense of independence, trends in home health care are changing rapidly. An increasing number of older individuals now are receiving health services in the convenience and security of their own homes.

As the nation’s population ages, the home health care industry is expected to increase by more than 40% in the next few years. It is estimated that approximately one fourth of the nation’s elderly population already suffer some form of disability or chronic health problem for which these individuals require assistance. By the year 2020 the number of chronically ill and/or disabled elders in the U.S. is expected to double.

Although hospitals and long-term care facilities likely will continue to serve the chronically ill, new advances both in medical and information technologies currently contribute to facilitating communications between patients and their healthcare providers, helping to improve the individual’s comfort, safety, and quality of life. Seniors who otherwise might have to be hospitalized can benefit from the medical support offered by a variety of home health services

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