will have on the wider community. We seek to determine whether a higher proportion of aged citizens will be beneficial to the Australian community‚ or a burden in the future. In this section‚ we will address the advantages and disadvantages of our aging population. By identifying the positive and negatives of the issue‚ we will then be able to suggest how to solve the problem for the future. Advantages of an Ageing Population The ageing population is often stereotyped as a burden and their detrimental
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Aging Is a Natural Process Aging is a natural process that everyone is subjected to. As a matter of fact‚ the aging process started kicking in the moment we were born. However‚ its unsightly effects are only felt when we start hitting middle age. Despite this‚ knowing what triggers the unwanted effects of aging and being aware of the right products can actually help you easily slow down or give the illusion that you have halted the aging process before its effects actually get on your nerves. Many
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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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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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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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that will inhibit or encourage an active lifestyle. Disengagement‚ continuity‚ activity‚ and age stratification are ways people can adapt to changes in aging. The first explanations are the disengagement theory. This assumed that people must find ways for older people’s to give way to younger people. We are living a society that encourages its aging people to disengage from their previous roles; assume roles more appropriate to their physical and mental decline. Making a smooth transition into a more
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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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Aging and Adulthood Kathleen Linton CCMH/504 August 5th‚ 2013 Dennis Daugherty‚ LMFT‚ MSCIS Aging and Adulthood Since the 1900’s‚ life expectancy has increased by an average of 30 years‚ today the average women will live to be 80.7 years old and the average man will live to be 75.4 years old. At the age of 75 years old‚ 61 percent of the people are females and by the age of 85‚ 70 percent are females. Many men die from these leading causes of death: cancer of the respiratory system‚ motor
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