It is important to understand how roles and perspectives have changed over time. The alterations can be an effect caused by societal and economical developments. Understanding the evolution of roles and perspectives provides a clearer picture on how aging may affect you in the future. In this report we will focuses on aging population from World War II to present day. I will describe the changing role of older adults, and describes the differences in perspectives on aging in America. I also will explain each cause of the changes in the role and perspectives of the aging population.…
According to the NHTSA, the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration, in 2010 the drunk driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths. That means on average someone is killed in an alcohol-impaired driving crash about every 50 minutes in the U.S.…
The age for drinking should not be raised because of the fact that some alcohol companies could go out of business and so could bars. When you get older you tend to drink less and when you are younger or 21 you drink a lot for your 21st birthday or when you are around 20-30 you drink a lot and have fun but when you are older you have a lot of responsibility's to take care of like if you are married or you have a kid or not. When you are older you can't drink as much as you used to. You have a job that you can't be late for,you have kids or a wife/husband that you can't lose. Older people do drink sometimes but not as much as younger adults. The drinking age should stay the same and not be…
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Soon, over one hundred million people will be eligible for Medicare, meaning the demand will likely exhaust the resources (Hammaker, 2011). Policymakers periodically advocate rising the age of eligibility for Medicare beyond sixty-five to contain program costs, which will grow rapidly once the large baby-boom cohort begins to receive benefits. Proponents argue that improvements over time in the health of the aged population now permit many older adults to work past age sixty-five, which reduces the need for Medicare coverage before beneficiaries reach their late sixties (Davidoff, 2003).…
I feel that the laws for taxing senior citizens should be based on their revenue. Most seniors now these days have to work even while they are retired especially those that have immigrated.…
The Issue is lowering the drinking age and it affects people by some being responsible and some not. Lowering the drinking age , 18 is the age of adulthood in the U.S. and adults should have the right to make their own decisions.…
If you make a lot of money, than you will get a larger benefit amount than the workers who do not make as much. But, the benefit formula is set up so that a person making lower wages will get a higher percentage of their pre-retirement earnings. There are nine in 10 American retirees who receive social security. For about 2/3 of the elders today, social security is their major source of income. For 1/3 of our elders, social security is their only income. There is only 11% of American seniors who live in poverty. Without social security there would be about ½ of our elderly living in poverty. People can retire normally at the age of 62, or wait until the full age of 65 and receive full benefits. But, starting this year, the age will gradually start to increase until it reaches 67 for people born in 1960 or later. The reason for this is because people are living longer, healthier lives than before. When the social security program started in 1935, a 65-year-old American had an average life expectancy of 12 ½ more years after retirement. Today the life expectancy is 17 ½ years and rising. Beginning in about 2008 and about 30 years, there will be about 79 million baby boomers retiring. This means there will be twice as many elderly as what there is today. When this happens there is not…
Age discrimination occurs when someone of a certain age or age group is denied hiring or a promotion because of their age. “The age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits employers of 20 or more people from refusing to hire, paying less to, discharging, or otherwise discriminating, against employees because of their age” (Barnes, Dworkin, Richards, 2003, p 374). There are only 16 employees in the age range of 50-59 and 5 employees in the 60 and over category. There are also only 27 employees in the age range of 18-29 with none of these employees being executives. The other categories 30-39 and 40-49 have the most number of employees with 41 and 36 respectively. As a manager the ethical and legal obligation to the employee is to offer equal jobs for everyone in the work place who is capable of doing the job. At the same time, management should not force employees who are older to retire if the employee is not ready to retire. While employers cannot force an employee to retire if they are capable of completing the job, they can expect an employee to retire early for inability to perform the job.…
My state is thinking about raising the driving age by one year and they are thinking if they should do it or leave it. As a underage teenager, it difficult for me to be getting around, especially when my parents is always working so I usually doesn't have a ride to go anywhere. I strongly believe that the state should not raise the driving age by one year.…
Running Head: CURRENT ISSUES IN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT Current Issues in Lifespan Development PSYC 500 17 December 2009 Current Issues in Lifespan Development Within the last two decades overweight children has been climbing in numbers. Many factors has cause the rising numbers of children obesity. Physical actives happen to be the main contribution among obese children. Today children do not want to involve in physical actives as in the past, but involved in technology actives. Physical actives such as riding bikes, playing outdoor sports and exercise are decreasing while watching television, playing video games and, surfing Internet has increase. Obesity children who weight are causing discomfort and joint pain afraid to complain because doctors…
In 1946, America received its first round of baby boomers that continued for the course of 18 years in which more than seventy-nine million babies were born. With that being said, most of the first round of baby boomers are turning 66 this year while the last flood of baby boomers will turn 48 (About.com.Geography ). With this becoming a reality for many employers it is no wonder that management faces many new challenges. However, this challenge is around to stay. Many employers are faced with the first wave of baby boomers to have faced retirement last year and many more to come in the following years. This is alarming because in order to receive full retirement benefits you must be 65, however, you may start receiving benefits at the age of 62. In 1983, the government passed a law making the retirement age gradually higher until those born after 1959 will need to be 67 to receive full retirement benefits (Social Security Online). The havoc this creates for management is the fact that it with the retirement age increasing it means that employers must find way to keep the aging workforce satisfied. With this comes many challenges including learning how to manage an aging workforce, training the elder employees to ever changing rules and regulations, and training the new employees that are taking over positions.…
Human bodies are technically set up for failure. Aging comes naturally. Aging is experienced by most humanity in their lifetime. Everyone ages at their own time and rate but not everyone has same experience. In my paper one will be informed that aging is a major risk factor. Aging often results in changes and lower functioning in the brain, higher rates of diseases, and decrease mobility.…
The current Social Security system creates a lot of concern because of the accelerating demographic factors (NCPA). “Life expectancy is increasing faster than expected -- in 1940, a 65-year-old man could expect to live another 12 years, today it 's 15 years; the fertility rate is falling faster than expected -- from 3.6 children for a typical woman of child-bearing age in 1960 to just two today; and the elderly portion of the population is expected to rise from 12 percent today to 20 percent by 2050 -- increasing the number of retirees from 34 million to 80 million” (NCPA). The decreasing working population combined with the rising elderly population means the number of elderly people needing benefits will be greater than the number of working people providing the money for those benefits (NCPA). Because of these statistics, the favor for a private pension system is growing so workers can save their taxes for their individual retirements.…
The average life expectancy has increased over the last century; the average life expectancy for women is 80 years while men are expected to live to about 75 years old. The population of older adults over the age of 65 years is expected to increase from 35 million in 2000 to 70 million by the year 2030. Aging is a slow decline in the ability of an organism to resist stress, damage, and disease. As the human body ages there are physical and biological changes that occur as well. The lifestyles that we chose to live have a large impact positively and negatively in the way we age. Every aspect of the body changes, from the skeletal system to the muscular to the cardiopulmonary system, even down the integumentary system.…