Old age never harmed anyone - but the problems that may arise in the elderly of multiple illnesses, social isolation and poverty conspire to present clinicians and managers with a challenge: an increasing challenge, as the number of people over the age of 85 by the year 2000 will be in the order of a million.
衰老本身从不会伤害任何人——但老年人可能出现的多种疾病、社会孤立和贫困等问题共同给临床医生和管理人员带来了一项挑战:随着到2000年85岁以上人口数量将达到约100万,这一挑战日益严峻。