Most Seriously Ill Seniors Struggle with Cognitive and Mental Health Challenges

Seniors with serious illness and their families are more likely to feel their wishes for medical care are being followed when they have written them down, finds a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey on the public’s views and experiences with illness in late life.

As America grows older and more people face serious illness late in life that can limit their ability to function, this new nationally representative survey provides an in-depth look at how Americans prepare for and deal with such illness. CONT.

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