Older Adults and Seniors, ages 50 and over
Live Better, Longer
Increase the number of older adults who live longer, high-quality, productive, and independent lives.
All people, and especially those at greater risk of health disparities, will achieve their optimal lifespan with the best possible quality of health in every stage of life.
Objectives
- Promote social and physical environments that are accessible; that support health, safety, and quality of life; and that promote healthy behaviors among older adults.
- Promote access to and receipt of recommended quality, effective, evidence-based preventive and healthcare services, including dental and mental health care, among older adults.
- Promote independence, optimal physical, emotional, mental, sexual health, and social functioning among older adults.
- Prevent chronic diseases and their consequences among older adults
- Prevent infectious diseases and their consequences among older adults.
- Prevent injury, violence, and suicide, and their consequences among older adults.
- Improve behaviors among older adults that promote health and well-being.
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Contact Us:
- Office of Strategy and Innovation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333
MS:D-28 - OSI Phone
(404) 639-0210
OSI Fax
(404) 639-5172
- OSIweb@cdc.gov
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