Abstract
Although predictions of the future are usually difficult and frequently temporary, it is relatively safe to assume that the future will see growing importance of the field of ethnogeriatrics. As healthcare institutions attempt to cope with the rapidly growing older population in the context of the growing hyperdiversity of populations with which they are faced [1], there seems little doubt that issues discussed in the previous chapters of this volume become increasingly salient for providers, planners, patients, and families.
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
 —Niels Bohr
The future ain’t what it used to be.
 —Yogi Berra
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Yeo, G., Bell, C.L., Okamoto, L., Mehta, K. (2017). The Future of Ethnogeriatrics. In: Cummings-Vaughn, L., Cruz-Oliver, D. (eds) Ethnogeriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16558-5_15
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