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SeniorsFF070214.sPubDate = "2/13/2007 8:44:38 PM GMT";
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SeniorsFF070214.appHeader = "fact file|THE SANDWICH GENERATION";
SeniorsFF070214.appDeck = "The population of older, sicker Americans is growing fast, but the resources to vare for them are contracting. Their children are caught in the middle.";
SeniorsFF070214.appFooter = "Sources: MSNBC.com research; U.S. Census Bureau; American Geriatrics Society; Pew Research Center";
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SeniorsFF070214[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>By 2030, the number of Americans 65 or older is expected to double, to about 20 percent of the population.";

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SeniorsFF070214[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>By age 75, older adults average two to three chronic medical conditions, and some have 10 or 12. Experts say frail elderly patients who are high users of health care services lack adequate access to quality geriatric care.";

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SeniorsFF070214[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>More than 1 in 8 Americans in their 40s and 50s are caught between the responsibilities of taking care of their children and aging parents at the same time.<p>";

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SeniorsFF070214[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>In 1998, there were about 9,000 geriatricians. Today there are 6,700. By 2030, the elderly population will need 36,000. In 2003, there were only 62 physician-fellows in their second or subsequent years of training in geriatrics research nationwide.<br>";

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