Growth of "oldest old" portends social-policy changes

The number of Americans at least 90 years old has tripled in recent decades, according to a government analysis released Thursday, a major shift in population that has implications for social policy, especially regarding housing and health care.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=GnemPDaQKgM:q33MFqPQfNM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=GnemPDaQKgM:q33MFqPQfNM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=GnemPDaQKgM:q33MFqPQfNM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=GnemPDaQKgM:q33MFqPQfNM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=GnemPDaQKgM:q33MFqPQfNM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=GnemPDaQKgM:q33MFqPQfNM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/GnemPDaQKgM" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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