In 1930 the United States of America was experiencing an economic down turn called the Great Depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected and encouraged Congress to create a welfare system. With the best intentions, politicians began to find a way to pay for votes. Because of the Great Depression many Americans were jobless and were not able to support their families. The federal government created jobs, and a stopgap measure to keep individuals and families from falling through a safety net created by social security and welfare.…
Allgeyer, K. (2015). Leaving the Bedside: Job Options for New Paths in Nursing. Working Nurses. Retrieved on May 31, 2015 from http://www.workingnurse.com/articles/leaving-the-bedside-job-options-for-new-paths-in-nursing.…
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.…
Wiener, J. M., & Tilly, J. (2002). Population aging in the United States of America: Implications for public programs. International Journal of Epidemiology, 31(4), 776-781.…
Aging Baby Boomers -- can America pay for their retirement? Social Security Administration officials are now reporting that as Baby Boomers leave the work force, America is facing the lowest ratio of persons working per retiree in the history of the program. Boomers, like much of the current working American population, have paid into Social Security for most, if not all, of their working lives. This being the case, what’s all the fuss about? Is there a crisis concerning the retirement of Baby Boomers? When I have discussed this topic among friends, the general consensus is that the Social Security System is going to fail. I must admit that the prospect of having paid into a retirement fund my entire life and never being able to draw from it angers me. Is this crisis real or just a figment of our collective imaginations?…
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." The words of Abraham Lincoln describe the accomplishments by the Baby Boomers perfectly. The Baby Boom drastically changed Canadian society forever. The Baby Boom was a period after World War 2 where there was a huge increase in birthrate. Canada had social reforms, new music genres, and a changed economy. As many of the Boomers are retiring, their contributions have not been forgotten.…
As the baby boomer generation begins to reach retirement age, there has been much speculation as to what affect they will have on the health care industry. The baby boomer generation is the group of people born between 1946 and 1964. At one point, there were more than 76 million of them, of which 4 million died before 2000. With all this in mind, I will discuss what specific effects they will have now they are getting to that “elderly” stage.…
Miller, Edward Alan, Vincent Mor, and Melissa Clark. "Reforming Long-Term Care in the United States: Findings from a National Survey of Specialists." Gerontologist 50.2 (2010): 238-252. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition. Web. 2 Apr. 2012.…
As the Baby Boomer generation continues to grow older, their concerns have shifted to their health, money and retirement. The days of wondering where their next vacation should be and whether their bonus check will be as much as they deserve are passing. Today, Baby Boomer issues are mostly about concerns with maintaining their health and having enough money to live comfortably through their years. As people grow older, they often experience problems with their health. Their bodies grow more fragile and susceptible to diseases. Many people 50 years of age and older are reporting health problems that were not experienced by people in their same age group long ago. This problem is created by…
Most individuals tend to relate to the phrase Baby Boomers to oneself, father, mother, aunt, and uncle or even a grandfather or grandmother. According to the Unites States Census Bureau (2009), describes Baby Boomers as individuals born between 1946 and 1968 and as of 2009 there were 77,329,698 Baby Boomers living in the United States. The American elderly population based on the United States Census Bureau is rapidly growing therefore so will the impact on changing demographics.…
Taylor, R. (2005). Baby boomers put hurt on healthcare system. Senior Journal, Retrieved from SeniorJournal.com…
Health care is a fast evolving field with advancements of technology and treatment options growing every day. The delivery of care has grown and often shifts direction over the years to accommodate changing population demographics and needs of patients. Many factors play a part in the role of health care and medical treatment, one of those factors being population demographic changes. When the demographics of a population change it can cause adverse effects on the surrounding area in many ways, such as access to care, types of treatment needed to care for the population and the need for health care employees. In a particular population where the demographic is aging the dynamic and need for care begins to affect the health care system in a variety of ways. All health care entities involved play a role in ensuring the challenges and the needs of the population change are met.…
Pros mean advantage and cons means disadvantage. Any coin have two side same way technology have some advantages and some disadvantages. The pros and cons of technology are numerous. By technology we can use more things like internet, computer, telephone etc. According to me technology has more advantage than disadvantage.…
Technology limits the need for people to be in the same physical location, for example when companies hold a teleconference with several employees located in different branches or when they allow employees to telecommute from home. In some cases, this can save companies money because they do not have to pay travel expenses. When employees use technology for telecommuting, they can work in the comfort of their home instead of traveling to a workplace.…
As the development of modern society continues to grow, the coverage of application of technologies is gradually wider and wider. Therefore, the potential and real influence for technology on people’s life especially on people’s health is becoming more and more significant and controversial. That is to say, the development of technology brings both advantages and disadvantages on people’s health.…