...approaches— the “inversion” of the age pyramid. •!Populations throughout history have all shown a steep pyramid-shaped age distribution—with more young than old people. •!In the near future, starting with developed countries, the distribution will transform into an inverted pyramid— with more old than young people. Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 1950 median age 28.6 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 1960 median age 29.6 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 1970 median age 30.6 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 1980 median age 31.9 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 1990 median age 34.4 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 2000 median age 37.6 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 2005 median age 39.3 WHERE WE ARE TODAY Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 2010 median age 40.8 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 2020 median age 43.8 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 2030 median age 46.6 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 2040 median age 49.4 Pyramid inversion in the developed world—1950 to 2050. year 2050 median age 51.1 The US population 65+...
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...Getting and Staying Active in Later Life On the occasion of International Day of Older Persons, ASM ATIQUR RAHMAN discusses the plight and prospects of ageing in 21st century Bangladesh. Old age is neither a disease nor an individual problem; rather, it has become a worldwide challenge that must be addressed globally. "Later life" is unavoidable, inevitable, universal and excessively troublesome. No one can stop the process of ageing. The quality of life and the rate of ageing both vary considerably depending on a number of factors such as education, occupation, purchasing capacity, lifestyle, food habit, residential location, belief and culture, etc. Surprisingly, ageing takes place within the context of family members, kin, neighbours, friends, work associates and the state. Lifelong preparations, making intergenerational linkages, using appropriate technology, developing right-based societal relationships, upholding religious values at the personal level, political commitment and governmental undertaking at the macro-level can help ensure a healthy ageing and active later life. Policy responses to ageing until now have tended to focus only on the provision of medical care and income security for older persons, which remain important but have been inadequate compared to the rate of ageing occurring now and projected to intensify in the coming decades. Population ageing is a by-product of scientific development in human societies bound to remain a dominant social...
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...2011 Stud Home Com Sci, 5(2): 93-98 (2011) A Study of Elderly Living in Old Age Home and Within Family Set-up in Jammu Aruna Dubey*, Seema Bhasin**, Neelima Gupta* and Neeraj Sharma* * P.G. Department of Home Science, Govt. College for Women, Parade, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India ** Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India KEYWORDS Elderly. Old Age Home. Family. Modernization. Urbanization. Life Expectancy ABSTRACT The last century has witnessed a rapid increase in the population of the elderly people in the developed and industrialized countries. This phenomenon is not restricted to the western world only, but many countries such as ours are now feeling the impact of this transaction. This situation could be attributed to a combination of factors such as increase in age, longevity and decreased death rates due to advancement in the field of medicine, improvement of life expectancy at birth, and enhancement in the average span of life. India ranks 4th in terms of absolute size of elderly population .The country is not adequately equipped to look after their special health needs and the changing traditional value system. A feeling is now growing among the aged persons that the attitude of the younger generation towards them is not as desired. In the above context, a study was conducted to understand the feeling of the elderly residing in the old age homes and within the family setup in Jammu. The sample of elderly women...
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...The Future of Social Security Paula Allen COM 156 December 11, 2010 Joy V'Marie The Future of Social Security Social Security will not meet the needs of the younger generations in retirement because the depletion of funds in the Social Security trusts. The age requirement is predicted to rise to 70 by 2037 for those who can draw full benefits. There are people who survive on their monthly benefits from Social Security, but how long will it be before they cannot live on this amount of money? Under current laws and program benefits, the future of Social Security is unstable unless changes are made. Once the trust funds are exhausted, the funds do not have the ability to borrow money to keep paying benefits to those who receive them. So, what can the government do to protect the future of these trusts and ensure their stability for the future? The minimum age to start drawing Social Security is 62, but to draw full benefits a person must be 66. The current age to draw full benefits is 66 and will change to 67 soon because of the Social Security Amendments of 1983. The majority of American people are waiting to a much later age to retire than in the past. The younger generation of today may not be able to draw benefits until they are 70. Whether people retire early or late, the amount of benefits will equal about the same. Some people may believe that Social Security will meet their needs in retirement. If a person pays in the maximum amount of money, then he...
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...as well, slip into poverty. In order for India’s economy to continue growing, policies in India must be changed to account for the increasing life expectancy and the increased number of elderly citizens. Before we can examine the economy and the required policy changes, we must look at the population of India. In India, there is currently a falling fertility rate and an increasing life expectancy (Bloom et al., 2010, p. 61). This means that less children are being born, but people can expect to live longer. Looking at Figure 1, we can see that in 2010, the population was largest in the 0-14 age range for both genders. As it is now 2016, six years after this data was recorded, this population would now fall in the age range of 6-20, meaning those that fell in the age range of 9-14 years in 2010 are now regarded as working class individuals. Since the fertility rate is falling, the age range of 0-6 years would have declined by 2016, and as there has been increased longevity, we can assume...
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...rates over the past years has resulted in a smaller ratio of younger Singaporeans. Chan (2000) states that as there are fewer people to take care of the elderly, taking care of the elderly will rest on the government’s shoulder and this will has implications on the economy, financial security, living arrangement as well as health care system within the country (Chan, 2000). With researches done on the ageing population and the social policies, in terms of economy, living arrangement and health care system, implemented, these can help to ease the ageing process. In order to maintain financial security so that the problem of ageing population will not affect the economy, the government has come out with a few policies. As Singaporeans now live longer, they will thus have to work longer. The government promotes lifelong employability to enhance elderly’s employability. By extending the retirement age of the individual, this ensures that even with the increase in elderly, who can still contribute to the society, stay active and have more savings to support themselves by the time they retire. Another way to ensure that Singaporeans are still able to support themselves and maintain financial security of the country...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix I Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Ageism |Prejudice against older people | |Baby boomer |A person born Post WW2 between years 1946 and 1966 | |Americans with Disabilities Act |Is a law made by Congress and it prohibits discrimination against people with | | |disabilities. | |Visitability |It allows homes to have easy access for people who have mobility impairments. | |Accessibility |It is the ability for disabled people to benefit from some system | |Disability |Disability is an impairment and/or physical limitations | |Inclusion |It is to ensure disabled students to go to school and to receive the “proper support” in | | |order to succeed as a learner | |Deinstitutionalization |It is the process of replacing a...
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...Social security is an annual pay as you go plan since most of the revenues from social security tax are paid from social security retirees. Social security is a major retirement program in the US with a cost of $736billion each year which is an equivalent of 12.4% on earning up to a set level of earnings. The employee contributes 6.2% and the other half is take care by the employer. Medicare is the US health care program for people aged 65years and above. It is also a pay as you go program as current health benefits for people age 65 and older funded by current tax revenue from 2.9% Medicare tax on earnings and 3.8% investment surtax on wealthier investors. Half amount if paid by the employer and the other half is applied to all earnings....
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix I Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Ageism |Prejudice against older people | |Baby boomer |A person born Post WW2 between years 1946 and 1966 | |Americans with Disabilities Act |Is a law made by Congress and it prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities| |Visitability |Allows homes to have easy access for people who have mobility impairments | |Accessibility |The ability for disabled people to benefit from some system | |Disability |Disability is an impairment and/or physical limitations | |Inclusion |To ensure disabled students to go to school and to receive the “proper support” in order | | |to succeed as a learner | |Deinstitutionalization |The process of replacing a long time stay psychiatric hospital with less isolated mental | | |health services ...
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...Age Segregation and Old Homes. | Divided Cities | 5/18/2013 ‘Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man’. -LEON TROTSKY Life cycle changes over time as a person grows old. He passes through different phases of life and gets opportunity to experience changing situations in life. There come situations when a person feels fortunate to have a great life whereas, all the same, situation arrives when a person is made to have worst experiences of life. He is made to feel alone, socially isolated or segregated in the society. Sometimes, there comes a situation, when the houses, which were typically considered to be large and spacious, motivate its residents to consider other housing options. My research, basically revolves around the people who choose to live in old homes. My research question is based upon their perspective about this residential segregation and the bonds they have developed within themselves in the old house. I also tend to disucuss the reasons behind choosing such an institutional living. Literature review. Old age segregation is highly debatable topic and a lot of literature is existing which highlights different perspectives of such segregation. TIME TO MOVE?A LITERATURE REVIEW OF HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE by franceska Richard and Gill Walker, looks into the social context of housing for aged ones. It covers the demographic material, facts about social framework of housing for older people. This includes a review of demographic...
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...Ageism in America: The Elderly Tommy Brooks SOCW 230 Social Welfare History October 5, 2012 Ageism in America: The Elderly In this paper I will look at the concept of old age. I will take a brief look back through history at how society viewed the elderly. Starting in the 1500’s in England, here I will look at the life expectances and the way it fluctuated. I will take a brief look at the life expectancy of women in France in the 1700’s. This will show how age accounted for a significant minority of the populations across the world. The elderly have been categorized throughout history. By the early modern periods the concept of old age was accompanied by a long list of expectations. These included: experience, social, and cultural signals, within which consisted socially constructed markers: gender, social class, and individual life experiences. Other signs were physical: hunched back, lameness, deafness, toothlessness, balding or graying hair, and just plan grumpy and frail. I will give a brief look at how the elderly were perceived at times negative and even vicious. Back to where the elderly women were viewed as wise and nurturing elderly mothers. Here we will see where the age of sixty was widely associated with the onset of old age. Then we will move into the time of the first settlers in America. It’s true at this time as it was in Europe, the elderly men and women constituted a miniscule proportion of the white population. Then I will begin a journey into...
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...MLA Name Professor Course Date Old age crisis The United States has the highest fertility rates in developed countries and is one of the fastest population growths. According to statistics, the total fertility rate as at 2.1,2010, American women in the total population had reached 308 million, living in the world's third largest country in population status. As early as the 1940s, the United States began to enter the aging society; an aging population is now over 65 years that is 17.4% of the total population (McNicoll, 67). As the populaces grow older, an escalating share of the working force will be past the age 60 years. Older human resources have often been measured less productive than the younger population, raising the concern of whether the aged workforce will be as well a less prolific one. The American work force or personnel are growing older. As the baby boom cohort passes focal point age and approaching to retirement, a intensifying percentage of the working population will be older than age of 60 years. Process of population aging in China compared to the aging in U.S. population has the following characteristics: First, enter the old society for a long time; the U.S. list of countries into old age has lasted 70 years. Second, the slow development of an aging population in Western countries at the middle level. On the one hand due to higher fertility rates, 2005 U.S. total fertility rate was 2.0 , partly because the United States absorbs a large number...
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...has increased to 6.4%. In 2011 the aged population continued to increase and reached 14%. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (Abs.gov.au, 2012) indicates that since the baby boomers are now becoming old, there has been a decrease in fertility rates and an increase in life expectancy. The population of people over 65 years has continued to increase and it is predicted that it will continue to increase for the next 50 years. As people become older they are more susceptible to becoming sick and in need of government benefits. Since there is a major growth in the percentage of older people there have been major concerns that this will place more stress on our economic, social and health resources. (Jamrozik, 2009) explains that a social policy is intended to increase the standard of living and provide access to services through the means of sharing society’s resources. A wide range of social policies have been introduced in the last 20 years to support our aging population. Our Government provides income support and various concessions for those eligible (Humanservices.gov.au, 2014). As people retire they are no longer able to earn income and are in need of this income security in order to survive. A person to be eligible for this type of support depends on their income, assets and age. The Community Aged Care Package is a social policy for our aged population. The Department of Health and Ageing explains that the Community Aged Care Package is a personal care and assistance service...
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...population. 1. Social Isolation 2. Job security 3. Health Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is defined as prejudice and discrimination against older people. Schafer writes that for the ageist, elderly persons reflect the image of disease, death, and dying as well as a reminder that we will all be old one day. (2012, pp. 395-396). Mentally dysfunctional is another stereotype of the elderly whish states that they are slow. There is so much discrimination of different groups of people. This affects the diversity in society, because it is as though the elderly is their own group. We are not meant to be the same and we do have to eventually pass on. We should really be looking at them as an important piece of history that we have. • What is the Age Discriminitation in Employment Act (ADEA)? How does the ADEA address issues for the aging population? The ADEA is a federal law that prohibits age discrimination by employers with more than 20 employees that are over the age of 40, It also protects workers that are 40 years and older from being fired and then being replaced by someone that is younger in age. But it also works the other way around as if an older person was hired in place of a younger employee. Even with the ADEA in place all age groups are still fighting for their rights. ADEA...
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...The Aging Population The aging population is living longer than ever before and according to statistics this longevity and aging will continue to grow. The importance of providing the Fifty million aging Baby Boomers are sparking demand for products and environments that accommodate their changing physical and sensory capabilities. Today, one out of every 9 Americans is "old"—another former youth turns 50 every 8 seconds. Those age 65 and older now exceed 35 million, a number poised to explode. January 2011 ushered in the first of approximately 77 million Baby Boomers, born from 1946 through 1964 and are surging toward the gates of retirement (transgenerational). This growth will steadily increase and the population must be prepared to accommodate the aging population. According to the Bureau of Vital Statistics the aging population is the fastest growing population and will continue to increase. This dramatic growth in numbers and proportions, increased life expectancies, and energetic life styles, now enables us to live 20 to 25% of our lives in active retirement. Moreover, today's physically and intellectually active younger generations predict that tomorrow's elderly population will be better educated, healthier, culturally literate and, as individuals, more discerning consumers. Changes in Demographics Sustainable development means sustainable and healthy development of the whole human society on the basis of mutual coordination and common development...
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