Aging and Disability Material
Associate Program Material
Aging and Disability Worksheet
Part I
Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population.
1. Discrimination
2. Health
3. Fear of Youth
Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society?
Ageism involves others being prejudice or discriminating against the elderly.There is so much discrimination of different groups of people. This affects the diversity in society, because it is as though the elderly is their own group. We are not meant to be the same and we do have to eventually pass on. We should really be looking at them as an important piece of history that we have. This group makes the up and coming younger generation grow in an uncomfortable way with having to watch the elderly pass on so quickly. Our elderly numbers are growing each day and this can make their numbers higher than over groups in society.
What is the Age Discriminitation in Employment Act (ADEA)? How does the ADEA address issues for the aging population?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act or ADEA for short is an act in place to prevent employees from ages 40 and above from being fired so they could be replaced by younger individuals for a lower amount of income. This act was passed in 1968. This act helps keep income ongoing for the older generations retirement. It addresses the issue of poverty that our society is continuously going through. When this generations has the chance to retire since they have worked all those years in a company it gives them a peace of mind from the stress of life and potentially help them to live longer.
What is being done to address the issues you identified?
The biggest item that needs to be changed that I would have to say is going to be the poverty issue. Poverty is an issue that has developed where people have hard times trying to survive
Aging and Disability Worksheet
Part I
Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population.
1. Discrimination
2. Health
3. Fear of Youth
Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society?
Ageism involves others being prejudice or discriminating against the elderly.There is so much discrimination of different groups of people. This affects the diversity in society, because it is as though the elderly is their own group. We are not meant to be the same and we do have to eventually pass on. We should really be looking at them as an important piece of history that we have. This group makes the up and coming younger generation grow in an uncomfortable way with having to watch the elderly pass on so quickly. Our elderly numbers are growing each day and this can make their numbers higher than over groups in society.
What is the Age Discriminitation in Employment Act (ADEA)? How does the ADEA address issues for the aging population?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act or ADEA for short is an act in place to prevent employees from ages 40 and above from being fired so they could be replaced by younger individuals for a lower amount of income. This act was passed in 1968. This act helps keep income ongoing for the older generations retirement. It addresses the issue of poverty that our society is continuously going through. When this generations has the chance to retire since they have worked all those years in a company it gives them a peace of mind from the stress of life and potentially help them to live longer.
What is being done to address the issues you identified?
The biggest item that needs to be changed that I would have to say is going to be the poverty issue. Poverty is an issue that has developed where people have hard times trying to survive