Optimising service provision for older people concerns all segments of the health care sector, not just aged care specialists.In many countries, older people are principal users of health services and this situation will become more pronounced.Prevost, Wilson and Gerber [ 1 3 have noted that already 70% of acute care beds and 30% of intensive care unit beds are filled by older people, while Sullivan [21 has estimated that by the year 2000,50% of nursing care will be with older people.
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