Demographic Paper: The aging population Anna Abbott 5/23/13 HCS/490 Yvette Thompson I was designated by the senior management at the community hospital for which I work for on the effects of changing population demographics that could have an impact on health care in the future. I chose my summery to be on the aging population. This is something I have always been interested in because I would like to eventually get into long term care. It also seems like a huge debate in our country on how
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Population Aging & The Developing World A.A.Watson (632 Words) INTRODUCTION: There was a time that Experts were concerned with global population‚ however‚ it is now population aging Sociologists and experts recognize as a threat to humanity. The purpose of this paper is to brief members of the The International Policy Making Panel on causes for concern and the urgent need for preparation for a global issue‚ “Population of Aging”. ASSESSMENT: The salient fact reveals that people
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Associate Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Nursing home abuse and neglect 2. Commercials are portraying the aging population as helpless‚ and a burden of sorts to the younger generations (www.robinson.gsu.edu/magazine/aging.html) 3. Employers did not want to hire the aging population. They saw them as slow‚ and untrained. Thinking that the younger population would be willing to work faster and for
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We all will one day face the reality of growing older. There are many aspects of this change that will affect us in a large way. According to the Merck Manual of Health and Aging‚ 1.5% of Americans are 85 or older. This research states that the number of people 100 years or older could rise from 1 out of 5‚578 in the year 2000‚ to 1 out of 472 in the year 2050. It brings out that women have a longer life expectancy than men‚ among people aged 65 and older in the year 2000‚ there were 70 men for
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Written Assignment 1 The aging statistical profile I chose was of the American Indian and Native Alaskan population within the “Minority Aging” section. 1. As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse as the overall minority population grows‚ there is in an increase in minorities within the elderly. As the data was scarce for Native American elderly population‚ I decided to compare and contrast all of the minority sub groups. In 2011‚ 21.0% of persons 65+ were members of racial
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A substantial increase in the aging population in recent years has made the term “successful aging” familiar among gerontologists. As a result‚ a considerable amount of research has been done by the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging. Aging is the foreseeable faith of all humans and with it comes a progressive decline in physical‚ psychosocial and cognitive functioning of the body. However‚ successful aging slow the process of aging and results in less‚ not more years of disability
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The Treasure Trove of the Aging Workforce Tajh T. Stegall Southern New Hampshire University Human Behavior in Organization 19 February 2015 Abstract: “The Treasure Trove of the Aging Workforce” is simply stating how individuals in today’s workforce are working past the previous established retirement age of 70. Most of the older individuals are in a fast-growing segment of older workers‚ averaging over the age of 55. Treasure Trove of the Aging Workforce explains how these individuals are discriminated
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This paper will discuss the aging (elderly) population of the United States; there has been a significant increase in elderly population since 2011. The elderly population is defined as those individuals aged 65 and over (Hogan‚ Ortman‚ and Velkoff‚ 2014.) However‚ this increase is largely responsible due to the baby boomers‚ as they began to turn 65 in 2011; however it is projected that by 2050‚ the surviving baby boomers will be over the age 85 (Hogan‚ Perez‚ and Bell‚ 2008.) This population
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Current Issue in Aging Celia Langlinais University of the Rockies Abstract The difference between aging with Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease was the main reason to worry‚ and kindle gerontological curiosity into this field. Unexpectedly‚ the majority of the people have issues involving risk factors‚ screening‚ and evaluation of dementia with Intellectual Disability (ID) and or‚ with or without Down syndrome (Perkins‚ Friedman‚ 2012). The American Journal on Intellectual
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ACTIVITY & DISENGAGEMENT THEORIES OF AGING THEORIES OF AGING In this assignment there is an explanation of the main concepts of the disengagement and activity theories of aging. With using the case studies provided there is an explanation of how the theories effect the current situations and development of Edith and Albert in the aging the process‚ finally I will be evaluating the care options that might be available to Edith’s mother Lily and how their could have an impact on her development
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