...YEAR 2001 1560 males 1683 female Ethnic grove 85% percent European 25% multi 28% unDER 15 5.8 65 and over median income is $19500 $18000 for NZ. Employment is lower in Kelvin Grove. $17000 for Palmerston North and Nice Suburban social economic, less crime, more opportunity, access to buses. Opportunity to raise grandkids. Low crime, stable, safe community. Opportunity to make money on property. YEAR 2013 Kelvin Grove is 8.5% of Palmerston Norths population Males 3336 38394 Female 3438 41688 Total 6771 80079 1,929 people, or 39.8 percent, since the 2006 Census. Median income is $35,000 $27,000 for Palmerston North Ethnicity Ethnic group(1) Kelvin Grove (percent) European 79.9 Māori 17.0 Pacific peoples 4.0 Asian 9.5 Middle Eastern, Latin American, African 1.6 Other ethnicity 2.2 16.6 % born overseas 84.3% speak English Common birthplace Asia. Recreation Physical Environment Palmerston North City(percent) 78.9 16.5 4.5 9.7 1.3 2.1 19.2% 82.9% Educaton 79.3% 15 years and over have a formal qualification 80.25% 20.9% 18.3% have a Bachelor degree Safety and Transportation 15.6% have access to vehicles Politics and Government 13.1% Health and Social Services Communication Economics Unemployment rate 5.1% 15 years and over 7.6% Business demographics Business demographic data for the year ended February 2013 showed that: • There were 347 business locations (geographic units) in Kelvin Grove compared...
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...Vulnerable Population and Self Awareness Effective healthcare is dependent on understanding vulnerable individuals and populations with respect to biases and prejudices of healthcare providers. According to de Chesnay (2008), “Vulnerability is a general concept meaning susceptibility, and its specific connotation in terms of healthcare is at risk for health problems” (p. 3). Anyone can be vulnerable at different times in his or her life under specific circumstances. According to de Chesnay (2008), “Vulnerable populations are those at risk for poor physical, psychological, or social health. Anyone can be vulnerable at any given point in time as a result of life circumstances or response to illness or events” (p. 3). In order to render good healthcare, healthcare providers need to be aware of their own vulnerability. This paper will discuss the vulnerable population of the elderly; demographics of the elderly; personal awareness of the elderly including attitudes, biases, and stereotyping prior to studying the elderly; the impact of research on personal attitudes after gathering information, and how knowledge might affect the delivery of healthcare to the elderly. The amount of aging people in the United States continues to increase, in We the American Elderly (1993) it states that: From 1990 to 2020, the elderly population is projected to increase to 54 million persons. In 2020, about 1 in 6 Americans would be elderly and more children would know their great grandparents...
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...Demographics – Impact of the Aging Population Your Name Here University of Phoenix HCS/490 Health Care Consumer – Trends and Marketing Demographics Demographics is the study of the population as it pertains to particular geographic areas concerning age, sex, race, income, disability, and a host of other determining factors. Demographics of a population can be obtained through various means, the of the most reliable is that obtained through the government census. As instructed in Article 1, section 2 of the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution requires a census of the population every 10 years. The purpose of this is to obtain a correct count of the population for determining the number of representatives for each state to seat in Congress. The government also uses the collected information and breaks the demographics down according to state, counties, cities and towns for a true picture of the population of these areas. With this being known, the government uses this information for the distribution of monies for the various demographic needs of the population. Each individual of every age, sex, race, income, and disability has different needs, and as a result affects each geographic location differently. The Demographics of Monroe County, Michigan Monroe County, Michigan has a population of 152,949 as of the 2008 population estimate (U.S. Census). This reflects an estimated population increase of 4.8% from the 2000...
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...The elderly population is the generation most treated by healthcare professionals. It stands to reason that prescription drug abuse within the elderly presents a much higher risk than prescription drug abuse among younger generations. Ignoring this problem leads to a diminished quality of life and a less attentive healthcare system. Sadly, prescription drug abuse is a silent epidemic among the elderly population and it is a growing problem. With proper attention and diagnosis, there can be a reduction in injuries, such as hip fractures from falling, excessive hospitalizations, and even untimely death. Prescription drug abuse is overlooked by our healthcare professionals every day. Elderly patients are prescribed more medications than younger...
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...ELDERLY HEALTH ISSUES Community Diagnosis: Developing Health Issues and Costs Western Governors University Community Diagnosis: Developing Health Issues and Costs A community can be any social group that has a common cultural and historical heritage. Every community has their own health issues that they have to deal with. Each community’s issue depends of several factors. Age, location, religion, and political views are just a few of the factors that affect most communities. Data needs to be collected and analyzed to formulate an appropriate community diagnosis. The community that I decided to conduct my research on is the geriatric community. Specifically I choose the group of elderly that ranges from ages 75 – 84. That group was selected because I feel like at this current time, they have the most health issues to deal with as well. Any type of health issue that an elderly person encounters, it affects them the hardest. Their activities of daily living are greatly impacted. Their strength and will to thrive are tested on a daily basis. Heart Disease and Diabetes are very common in this group of people. And many times those diseases are just the starting point as their condition may worsen or additional health issues may develop. After so many years, the body has gone through physical and mental challenges. By this time, the body begins to deteriorate and each elderly person struggles to recover compared to the other age groups. Besides health issues...
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...Elderly Abuse and Neglect The Problem: • Elderly abuse is a single or repeated act of inflicting physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, or financial harm to an elderly. Neglect is the failure of a career to provide the necessities of life to a person for whom they are caring. • Types of elder abuse: Elderly abuse can take many forms, the main ones are: Physical abuse: which is the physical act of violence that commonly includes slapping, hitting, and striking with objects. Psychological abuse: which is defined as an act that is carried out against the elderly adult with the intention of causing emotional pain or injury, and it often accompanies physical abuse. Examples include threats, insults, and statements that humiliate the elderly. Exploitation: which is the most common form of abuse of the elderly, it includes acts of material or financial exploitation, exploitation is the most difficult type of elderly abuse to diagnose as the victim may not be aware of its occurrence or may not know how to seek help. Neglect: which is counted as a form of abuse and is often referred to as failure of a caregiver in meeting the needs of the dependent elderly person. This may be intentional or unintentional neglect. Intentional neglect: is to willfully withhold food or medications or medical care from the elder that needs it. Unintentional neglect could result from ignorance or from genuine inability to provide care. For example, the caregiver may be unable...
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...Elderly and Vulnerability Vulnerability is an idea which means susceptibility and its relationship to health care delivery system. This paper will indentify a vulnerable population; describe the population demographics based on research of professional literature and websites including locals, state or national levels. It will also describe a personal awareness of the population, attitudes, biases, and serotypes; it will state the effect of research on personal attitudes and how it might affect health care delivery. Finally, it will use self reflection to evaluate our perception before after learning about the population. Background of Focal Point Gil Martin in the ‘neighborhood’ is a fifty two year old Hispanic male married to Helen. They have been married for eighteen years. He had a son Mark from the previous marriage and a step daughter Tracy. Gil’s father recently passed away and he has been helping his elderly mother manage her home. While at the mother’s house, Gil suggested to his mother (Mary) to consider moving in with them. Mary accepted the suggestion with happiness but to Gil’s surprise. When Gil got home, he told his wife and was met with a negative reaction. Vulnerable Population The elderly in America are considered to be a vulnerable population in regards to health, wellness and provision of healthcare. While this consideration may sometimes be based on assumptions related to age and wellness, there are increased risk factors that do place a...
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...Demographic Paper Wanda Strickland HCS 490 11-28-11 Dr. Cindy Perkins Demographic Paper American men and women do to medical science and technologies are living much longer. This paper will discuss the demographics of senior citizens’ living longer than they ever had in the United States. This paper will gather data about the senior citizens’ population demographics. It will gather information and try to discuss what type of impact the senior citizens’ have on the healthcare market. This paper will also discuss the issues with the elderly immigrants and what type of effects they have on our healthcare market. This paper will also discuss challenges to this population, such as increases in health care costs, increases in prescription drug costs. This paper will also discuss How can the individual patient, the community, and society as a whole address these challenges and how a chronic disease wellness program may affect the costs for this demographic. The Effect That the Elderly Have on Healthcare According to this committee (National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare, 2009) reports has triggered analysis on claims that an aging population is the major cause of spending growth on Medicare and other social insurance programs. They also goes to say that those that would like to undermine the current Social Security and Medicare programs can be expected to use the Trustee's reports' data on solvency as a rationale for privatizing, or otherwise dismantling...
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...Our Elders Pay the Price Shelly Brewster HLTH 481-905 April 2, 2014 Our Elders Pay the Price The current healthcare system is problematic in America, and the elderly population is suffering the most financially. Prescription costs are sky-rocketing and since insurance and social security do not cover all the costs, the elderly are paying out of pocket for their medications. Employees in the medical field should prescribe drugs that treat multiple symptoms, suggest substituting brand names for generic names, and navigate patients to cost effective programs. Healthcare administrators need to create a policy for medical staff that will require them to monitor and provide more financially suitable healthcare options for elderly consumers in addition to recommending lifestyle changes which will result in a decrease of medication costs. Healthcare providers need to educate consumers on the fact that prescription drugs can often times be substituted for lifestyle changes. Doctors almost always suggest a pharmaceutical solution, often times without even considering alternatives. If healthcare administrators implement the need for doctors to go beyond the “quick fix” of drugs and encourage them to prescribe lifestyle changes instead, medication costs would be nonexistent. For example, high cholesterol is an issue in our country and if left untreated it can develop into secondary problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure (or hypertension) and several other complications. More...
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...agencies in the area. Hurricane preparedness is divided into pre- and post-storm responses, according to Jeffrey Goldhagen, director of the Duval County Health Department in north Florida (Krisberg, 2011). Before, during and after a hurricane, public health workers are responsible for, among other things, the safety of the sick and elderly, preventing diarrheal diseases, education on food and water contamination, and watching for the spread of infectious diseases in shelter. The impact of the demographics in this situation is affected by many factors. Some elderly may not have access to the internet or other mass media channels that are emerging today. Healthcare costs and services can vary depending on how many people are in need versus those who cannot afford the coverage they need. Because many elderly have chronic illnesses this affects their ability to afford specialized care. With advance technology people are expected to begin living longer, however the most pressing challenges facing the population of 55-64 years is mainly related to awareness, accessibility and health coverage. Like the retirees in Charlotte County, Florida healthcare...
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...65 as of January 2011, Over the next twenty years, there will be an enormous increase for adults 65 and over. This elderly population will definitely need primary, acute and long term care. In comparison with today’s 12% it has been predicted that Americans who reach 65 and older will be one in five. In this paper, I will discuss the challenges and issues about the aging adult population in America. Due to this expected growth of the adult population over the next 50 years, there will be a great impact on the health care system in regards to the supply and demand of health care professionals. Many of the elderly populations are living longer, some are continuing to work by reducing their hours of work and some are expected to retire and the need for health care services will increase. The healthcare workforce must be equipped, trained and prepared to provide services for this aging population (Institute of Medicine, 2008). People born between 1946 and 1964 are called the baby boomers, has an enormous effect on the health care system in America. The rising cost of health care is spiraling out of control, increasing the cost of hospitalization for the elderly patient population. As the century progresses the elderly population will increase to 54 million by 2020, this would equal 20% of the U.S. population increasing from today’s 12%. The elderly population will need more health care services and is more likely to use multiple medications, suffer from chronic...
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...the healthcare industry tremendously. The need for specialists, more testing, medications, and skilled healthcare is rising along with this population. This causes the cost of healthcare to increase as well as the demand on healthcare workers. This summary will discuss how the aging population affects the area in which I live including: healthcare related challenges, the impact on the healthcare market, marketing needs and services needed by this population, and how these challenges can be addressed. Healthcare in Ohio is being impacted by the aging population. According to Strunk, Ginsburg & Banker (2006), “ As a result of the baby-boom generation—the leading edge of which is now turning age sixty—the proportion of the U.S population older than age sixty-five is projected to grow from 12.4 percent in 2005 to 14.5 percent in 2015 and 18.2 percent in 2025. Although the aging of the baby-boom generation is a key factor in the aging of the population as a whole, increasing life expectancy is also important” (para. 2). To be more specific the aging population in Ohio is expected to go from 13 percent to 20 percent over the next thirty years (ohio.gov, 2010). The increased amount of people that are age 65 and older will lead to increased healthcare costs. A person's life expectancy is longer and that also increases the incidents of chronic diseases, disability, and the need for long-term healthcare. There will be an increased need for doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers...
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...Medicine: A Shift in Medicare Policy to Benefit the Elderly Disabled Nursing Role in Leadership, Management, Current Issues, and Gerontology The United States Department of Health and Human Services identifies the disabled as individuals having difficulties in movement, deficiency in senses, impairments in emotional or cognitive functioning, which is usually in connection to some sort of health problem (Altman & Bernstein, 2008). Data from the National Health Interview Survey for 2001 to 2005 indicates that 61 percent of people aged 65 years and over have some form of disability (Altman & Bernstein, 2008). The main resource for the medical needs of almost all elderly disabled people is the Medicare program (Altman & Bernstein, 2008). The Medicare program provides them with access to primary healthcare providers, hospital care, nursing home care, hospice, home health, some medicines, and medically necessary services like durable medical equipment and supplies (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, n.d.). Unfortunately, according to the Medicare National Coverage Determinations Manual (2012) it does not reimburse Complementary and Alternative Medicine services. The author proposes that Complementary and Alternative Medicine should be included in Medicare’s coverage for elderly disabled people as part of an integrative approach to their care. The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) offers the elderly disabled person an additional option in ways...
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...Emerging Influences on US Healthcare and Its Affects Mary K Gano HC MGT 301 Mr. Anderson October 23, 2015 There are some forces evolving in the United States that are creating an impactful change in the healthcare system as we know it. Not only has our access to healthcare improved, but more people are doing their own research and making informed decisions about the type of healthcare they feel is best for them. In addition, the focus on quality is likely to be enhanced because of coordination and aligned incentives. Consumers will control more of their health care dollars and consumers will become more active in their own health care leading to more consumer decision making. There are also changes in the workforce and the availability of individuals to provide the care which also adds to the need for our changing world to become innovative and look at the provision of healthcare from a different lens. As the sweeping transformation in health care takes hold, several representations appear to be taking shape. Each present’s their own challenges and opportunities, but the following represent different points on the spectrum as widespread emerging influences: medical tourism, workforce tsunami, and Program for All-inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE). Medical tourism is a phenomenon in which patients are seeking healthcare services overseas (Dunn, 2010). Many times insurance firms encourage patients to pursue their healthcare needs in this fashion. There are several...
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...aging population. The number of Americans living over the age of 65 has dramatically increased in the past years. People are beginning to live well past retirement and later stages of their lives because they have remained healthy and productive. Given the fact that America is aging, it is important to have resources available for American’s who will soon dip into retirement funds and Medicare. A good question to ask as America becomes populated by more and more elderly is, “How can the unique needs and desires of each person be appropriately assessed and addressed in a rapidly changing health care environment?” In 2011 “baby boomers” began to turn 65 which accounted for 14 percent of the U.S. population, that percentage will increase to 20 by the year 2030 (APA). The average life expectancy for men is now 73 years and for women it is 80 years. These baby boomers will have a significant impact on American society and will challenge the health care delivery and financing systems. As the life expectancy increases, the elderly will spend more than half of their adult life in retirement (Helsler, 2000), many will re-enter the workforce as a way to socialize and maintain active. Employers will also discover that mature adults hold more years on experience (Helsler, 2000). Medical expenses will also rise...
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