Demographics and Nursing Care

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This paper explains that, with the changing of the population make-up in the United States, policy makers need to focus on better nursing care for its citizens. The writer provides demographic data to explain the case and examines nursing care options.

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"United States demographics are rapidly changing and will steadily have a greater effect on healthcare needs. New health occupations will be established and other ones strengthened. One of the latter will be family health nursing. For the first time since the beginning of the census, less than a quarter of American households consist of married couples with children. According to the 2000 Census, families headed by women with children grew nearly five times faster in the 1990s than married couples with children. Households of married couples with children under 18 declined from 45 percent in 1960 to 23.5 percent. Also, Americans living alone increased to 26 percent, surpassing homes with families for the first time."

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