The older adults have become the majority users of health care. By many measures, overall well-being is improving for the current generation of older adults as compared with previous birth cohorts.

In 2002, 37% of persons 65 years and older reported being in excellent or very good health. Educational status, a strong predictor of health behavior and health outcome, is also increasing.

In 1900, pneumonia and influenza, tuberculosis, diarrhea, and enteritis were the leading causes of death and accounted for 30% of all deaths in persons older than 65 years. In 2002, heart disease was the leading cause of death in persons 65 and older, followed by cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, pneumonia and influenza, and Alzheimer's.

The medical diseases that we check in our clinic are

• Hypertension
• Heart disease
• Diabetes
• Emphysema and chronic bronchitis
• Stroke
• Kidney disease
• Malignant neoplasm
• Hearing impairment
• Visual impairment
• Sinusitis
• Liver disease
• Bowel disease
• Ulcers
• Obesity