TY - JOUR AU - Blackburn, Mary L. TI - Limited-income seniors report multiple chronic diseases in quality-of-life study JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 2010/10/01 VL - 64 IS - 4 SP - 195 EP - 200 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v064n04p195 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v064n04p195 AB - The silver century is now! Seniors 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of the world's population, and in the United States the 85 and over age group is increasing at the highest rate. This study documents the chronic diseases reported by a diverse group (n = 377) of urban, limited-income seniors who attended UC Cooperative Extension Quality of Life education forums. The data suggests that their greatest educational need is learning how to integrate multiple concepts and complex research and technology into their personal lives. The data correlated disease conditions, diet and physical activity with age and ethnicity to show the magnitude of multiple diseases among them, identify perceived educational needs, and describe seniors’ expectations and preferred education and training delivery methods.