Semin Speech Lang 1997; 18(2): 127-134
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1064067
© 1997 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Normal Aging and the Multicultural Population

Barbaranne J. Benjamin
  • Department of Special Education Services, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
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Publication Date:
15 May 2008 (online)

ABSTRACT

This article documents the dramatic increase expected in the number of people over 65 years of age who will be living in the United States during the first half of the 21st century and describes how the age, health, and ethnic differences of this expanding group will comprise an extremely heterogeneous subpopulation. Differences in how aging and the health problems that accompany it may be viewed are discussed in terms of cultural influences and traditions. It is suggested that such differences in a growing segment of the population that is likely to have increasing needs for speech-language pathology services in the years ahead could pose significant challenges for the profession.

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