Healthy aging is an important public health issue, both nationally and internationally. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes healthy aging as a process whereby all people of all ages are able to live a healthy, safe and socially inclusive lifestyle.
- Describe how aging in older adults is accelerated by poverty (One paragraph)
- Discuss how social determinants of health for older adults are impacted by those living in poverty (Four paragraphs)
- Make a proposal to improve the social determinants for impoverished older adults (One paragraph)