Roughly 40% of older Black adults live with a disability, compared to only one-third of older adults overall.  

Disability is one of various disparities highlighted in a new study from the University of Michigan, which used data from the National Poll on Healthy Aging to examine the extent to which 50- to 80-year-olds were prepared to age in place and the racial and ethnic disparities that exist to that end.

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Sheria Robinson-Lane on the high rate of disability among black older adults

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Sheria Robinson-Lane on the high rate of disability among black older adults

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