An aging society: I. Implications for health care needs. II. Impacts on allied health education and practice.

This article is a reprint of the majority of the report prepared by the authors and members of the National Task Force on Gerontology and Geriatric Care Education in Allied Health which was published in the Speical Issues of the Journal of Allid Health, Volume 16, Number 4, November 1987. This National Task Force was established in 1986 by the American Society of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP). Among its members are gerontological experts nationally recognized within their respective disciplines. The implications for health care needs in an aging society and how these needs impact on allied health education and practice are discussed.