Hca/240 Final
Health Care Final
By: Cara Goddard
HCA/240
There are many different sicknesses, diseases, and health related issues that employees in the healthcare field have to take on every single day. Individually, each of these has a large impact on world health and the population of not only American but all other countries as well. Many people do not look at the big picture and see how disease affects us as a whole, they only look into it when it affect’s someone they know or are close to. I will explain and provide examples to support why disease and health issues affect the world population today and in the future. Things such as age and obesity are big factors affecting the delivery of healthcare services in the future. Aging is so important to look at when it comes to your health because as you grow older there are more and more health issues and diseases you become susceptible to being diagnosed with. The age of American’s is changing and will continue to change drastically over the next 10-20 years. One of the reasons healthcare costs are exploding is because of our aging demographics. The 76 million “Baby Boomers” are entering their golden years, and as a result are consuming more healthcare products and services. When there was the “baby boom” era population increased rapidly. Now in this day all of those babies born during the baby boom are now older. This causes us to take on additional problems such as healthcare coverage, housing, and prescription’s for the elderly which is hurting our country as a whole financially. There are many different things in the environment that prevent us from aging in a healthy way. Medical research reveals that environmental factors play a major role in the majority of cases of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Diet, exercise, and exposure to toxic chemicals and other environmental pollutants, and socioeconomic stress can alter biochemical pathways influencing the risk of these diseases and other chronic illnesses
By: Cara Goddard
HCA/240
There are many different sicknesses, diseases, and health related issues that employees in the healthcare field have to take on every single day. Individually, each of these has a large impact on world health and the population of not only American but all other countries as well. Many people do not look at the big picture and see how disease affects us as a whole, they only look into it when it affect’s someone they know or are close to. I will explain and provide examples to support why disease and health issues affect the world population today and in the future. Things such as age and obesity are big factors affecting the delivery of healthcare services in the future. Aging is so important to look at when it comes to your health because as you grow older there are more and more health issues and diseases you become susceptible to being diagnosed with. The age of American’s is changing and will continue to change drastically over the next 10-20 years. One of the reasons healthcare costs are exploding is because of our aging demographics. The 76 million “Baby Boomers” are entering their golden years, and as a result are consuming more healthcare products and services. When there was the “baby boom” era population increased rapidly. Now in this day all of those babies born during the baby boom are now older. This causes us to take on additional problems such as healthcare coverage, housing, and prescription’s for the elderly which is hurting our country as a whole financially. There are many different things in the environment that prevent us from aging in a healthy way. Medical research reveals that environmental factors play a major role in the majority of cases of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Diet, exercise, and exposure to toxic chemicals and other environmental pollutants, and socioeconomic stress can alter biochemical pathways influencing the risk of these diseases and other chronic illnesses