Elder Income Support Research Paper
Elderly Income Support
Jacquelyn T. Come
University of Louisville
Abstract
Elder income will affect everyone who has the good fortune to live long enough to grow old. Being elderly is an open status because people are elderly for only part of their lives. The elderly that are at the highest risk of being poor or disadvantaged fall into categories of people who are at highest risk of being poor throughout the life course, those that fall below the poverty level during their lifetime. (Sociology, 13th Edition). The elderly that fall below the poverty level are more likely to need elder income support to transition into old age with grace. This paper will discuss how historical values of __________have influenced the extent to which America has treated elder income support as a social problem and the social policies, such as _________ designed to address elder income support. It will also address how social work’s social justice mission and what sort of social policy approach is needed to address this social problem. Jackie, nicely written but add specifics so that the …show more content…
In 2011, 7.2 percent of workers aged 18-64 were in poverty. This ratre has not significantly changed since 2010. (US Census Bureau 2012). Of this amount, 7.2 percent of workers aged 18-64 who work and are in poverty, the “American Dream” seems to lack credibility. According to the Administration on Aging, the number of individuals sixty-five years of age reached 43.1 million in 2012 an increase of 7.6 million or 21% since 2002. This number is projected to continue to increase over the next twenty-eight years to over 60%. The population of older old adults is also increasing as the number of those eighty-five and older will grow dramatically over the next fifty years. (US Census Bureau
Jacquelyn T. Come
University of Louisville
Abstract
Elder income will affect everyone who has the good fortune to live long enough to grow old. Being elderly is an open status because people are elderly for only part of their lives. The elderly that are at the highest risk of being poor or disadvantaged fall into categories of people who are at highest risk of being poor throughout the life course, those that fall below the poverty level during their lifetime. (Sociology, 13th Edition). The elderly that fall below the poverty level are more likely to need elder income support to transition into old age with grace. This paper will discuss how historical values of __________have influenced the extent to which America has treated elder income support as a social problem and the social policies, such as _________ designed to address elder income support. It will also address how social work’s social justice mission and what sort of social policy approach is needed to address this social problem. Jackie, nicely written but add specifics so that the …show more content…
In 2011, 7.2 percent of workers aged 18-64 were in poverty. This ratre has not significantly changed since 2010. (US Census Bureau 2012). Of this amount, 7.2 percent of workers aged 18-64 who work and are in poverty, the “American Dream” seems to lack credibility. According to the Administration on Aging, the number of individuals sixty-five years of age reached 43.1 million in 2012 an increase of 7.6 million or 21% since 2002. This number is projected to continue to increase over the next twenty-eight years to over 60%. The population of older old adults is also increasing as the number of those eighty-five and older will grow dramatically over the next fifty years. (US Census Bureau