How Well Do We Age in the U.S.?

9/11/2017

A recent international aging index compared health, equality and social cohesion in the aging populations among 18 countries and it indicated that the US performed well with an overall score of 59.8 out of 100. It came third behind Norway, with a score of 65, and Sweden, with a score of 62. Read the full report from the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, which was released last month at the 21 IAGG Conference in San Francisco.

Dr Mehrdad Ayati world famous geriatrician and the founder of the Geriatric Concierge Center

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Dr. Ayati is a well-known, nationally and internationally, geriatrician, speaker, author, and an educator.