Time spent with healthcare professionals does not account for time spent being impaired and adapting to those impairments. That's 3 weeks a year doing health c

Time spent with healthcare professionals does not account for time spent being impaired and adapting to those impairments. That's 3 weeks a year doing health care AND your entire year spent using a walker to get around your house. There's also a distribution here, there's a fair amount of seniors with fairly minimal health problems at any given time, and some who are in more dire straits. You hear more from the people in dire straits.