Ashley Milne-Tyte

Hamptons hospital adapts fall-prevention classes for aging Spanish-speaking population 

Immigration

The number of foreign-born older people in the US is increasing fast: It’s expected to reach 23% of the total older population by 2060. But the US health care system is not always well prepared to cater to aging immigrants. In an increasingly immigrant community in the Hamptons, in New York, a local hospital is offering fall-prevention classes in Spanish.

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