...rural cities and towns of Australia but also among other countries in the world. It is with this discrepancy that presents such a large challenge within the population and from a health perspective. This essay will explore the social, cultural and psychological health related issues linked with growth in the aging population and will focus on the baby boomer generation and the co-morbidities that are notably prevalent in the elderly. This essay will also consider the future role of the nurse and how their profession will be impacted in response to these trends. WHY DO WE FACE AN AGING CRISIS? As fertility rates decline and longevity increases we are coming to face a shift in population distribution with a greater proportion of older adults (Anderson and Hussey, 2013). It is important to note that this increase is due particularly to the Baby Boomer generation growing older and associated aging co-morbidities on the rise. The Baby Boomer generation consists of those born from the years 1945-1964 (Berman et al., 2012). As this generation grows older the world is faced with a huge increase in older adults, greater than any generation before them. Because the population is living longer they are faced with a number of co-morbidities that are particularly prevalent in older adults. The elderly will experience physical deterioration more commonly than the younger to middle aged population. Changes in the sensory functioning are...
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...1. Profile the U.S. Market in terms of “Consumer Trends” and the effects of “Competitive Rivalry in the retail sectors”. Identify the specific and general driving forces behind these trends. Due to the credit-crunch many commentators point out that the global consumer mindset is tuned to recession-spending.The main point is that US consumers who used to be very materialistic,now tend to spend less money on their purchases.And there are some consumer trends that support this issue. “The Lipstick Effect” is the phenomenon of the rise of small self-treating on make-up and gadgets when people forego extravagant purchases such as cars and holidays in times of recession. This tendency is all about consumers' sustained need to enjoy consumption and express their identity despite their pressured lives. Overall, consumers may scale down on purchases and live with delayed gratification by saving and investing more in retraining and putting more energy into getting better value. But the definition of value will be different for different products. For instance, consumers will seek the lowest price for products that serve basic needs such as food, whereas in self-treating and small luxuries, the value of feeling indulged is given precedence. The Lipstick Effect endures. Consumers still appear willing to splurge on prestige items. This has led to a huge wave of websites on how to be frugal but also keep up appearances. . Commentators, journalists and bloggers are certainly signalling...
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...hippies were essentially what summed up the rebellion in the 60s. It was a whole new generation of baby-boomers, who came of age as teenagers and adolescents and older generations were against the rejection of traditional values and the new unconventional ways of the baby-boomers, which were strange and scary to them. Susanna Kaysen was also a young adult during the late rise of the 60s’ youth culture. She’s the author of the autobiography, Girl Interrupted, in which she writes about her own experience at a mental institution back in end of the 1960s. Through her memoirs and description of the society back then, Susanna Kaysen throws light upon the generation gap and the problems and complications during the social revolution in the 60s. A doctor, who Susanna has never met before, suggests after a 20-minute interview, that she should be admitted to a mental institution. She agrees, thinking it’s only for a short time, but few weeks turned out to be two years. In the excerpt, she reflects on her own conceptions of reality and tells about how her and other patients at the mental institute sat by quietly, when the world was raging outside and moving on, while they were on standby. 18 years old Susanna questions her own diagnosis, Borderline. At such early age, she has already tried a lot of things – abandoned school, dated a high school teacher, rejected society and half-heartedly attempted suicide. Susanna knew, she wasn’t insane, albeit she knew that her perception of things...
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...nearly double. This outlook is constant on the aspect of the gay and lesbian community. At this point in time there is an estimated 3 million gay and lesbians in the United States. By the year 2030, there will be approximately 6 million gay and lesbians in the United States. By the year 2030, there will be approximately 6 million gay and lesbians in the United States. http://www.wmitchell.edu/elderlaw/topics/biblios/davidson.pdf. The challenge will come to the United States in 2030. The baby boomers have higher expectations. The baby boomers have attitudes that exceed the norm. This is the generation that fought for rights for women. This is the generation that fought for rights of all. The baby boomers had children later in life, putting their career first. It is essential that the United States begins to prepare the nursing homes for the diverse part of the elderly. The baby boomers, in general, are a diverse group of individuals. The nursing homes will have to make room for this generation of elderly. The nursing home community is not prepared for the large number of gay and lesbians that will be aging and needing long term care. As the gay and lesbians age, this particular population of elderly will have many obstacles to overcome. First off the realization that there is a severe shortage of nursing homes that specialize in the care of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,, and Transgender community. Not only will this particular diverse group need normal medical care and...
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...increasing volume of patients entering the hospital. Even though there is this demand, the administration department cut the staff number due to budget reasons. Nursing shortage affects the quality of patient care, increases healthcare staffs' stress, and affects staffs' job satisfaction. The quality of patient Care With advance medical treatment and good living environment, people live longer. In 2020 the demand of nurses is increasing but the supply of nurses is beginning to decrease. As baby boomers’ generation are starting to retire which will reduce the supply of nurses and there are not enough new nurses to fill the gap. With limited nurses, they may do the vital signs improperly, rush of judgment, or giving medication without fully check. A patient can develop an infection or bed sore with not having a nurse every two hours around to turn them. For serious result, patient will die due to not frequently round. A report by Ford stated that 18 mental illness patients commit suicide in a year during observation. Half of those deaths occurred during ward disruptions or during busy periods (Ford 2015). Same as Australia, nursing aids do a lot of nursing part in health care area (Shearer, 2013). If the certify nursing assistant (CNA) did the patients’ vital signs with abnormal range, or the patient appearance is really bad without reporting to...
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...1 United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Study Can the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary survive in the 21st Century? How changing generational attitudes will affect an all-volunteer organization August 2006 1 This page intentionally left blank INDEX 1. Introduction 1 2. Analysis 3 A. The canary in the mine 4 B. Understanding generational attitudes 4 C. Four generations 5 D. Exploring the next generation of retirees: The Baby Boomers 6 E. Gen-X: It’s about lifestyle 8 F. Call them Gen-Y or Millennials, they deserve our attention 10 G. The new volunteers: What to expect 12 ` H. My time is not your time 14 I. Generational differences shaping leadership 15 J. American volunteer rate steady 17 3. Conclusions 19 A. Past expectations 20 B. Present construct 20 C. Spontaneous volunteer: Something new 21 D. High touch 21 E. Exploring contemporary trends in volunteering 23 1. Volunteer burnout 23 2. The human touch 24 3. Professionalizing the volunteer corps 25 4. New forms of volunteerism 25 5. Diversity 26 6. Technology 26 F. Communications challenge 27 4. Summary 29 6. Appendix 31 1 Membership numbers How many members the Auxiliary needs to meet their mission obligations and how many members it needs to meet its financial requirements would be two different answers. Getting a specific answer from the leadership is difficult because of the way the two spiral around each other like a double helix strand of DNA. They are – for now – inseparable...
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...23/2/13 Are the Egyptian and American Gen alike? Since the very beginning of the Egyptian civilization, Egypt has been undergoing several changes. Those changes did not only take place in the developmental process of the country but also in how Egyptians handled their lives. However, the latest Egyptian generations are the most highly criticized ones because of the huge differences of attitudes between Baby Boomers and them. But are they like the American GenMe that author Jean M. Twenge described in her book "GenMe: An Army Of One"? Looking upon the different parenting styles, schools, education systems, and the 25th of January revolution, that had a great impact on the Egyptian society, American GenMe is so unlikely to be put in comparison with Egyptian GenY. In Egypt, Parents act as barriers for their children not to pursue their goals. They always force them to study for a certain major just because they want them to carry a certain title (Hashish). Egyptian parents undermine their children's ambitions as if they don't deserve to follow them. Such reason contradicts what Twenge says about the American GenMe who believe that everyone should follow his/her dream and that one must do what makes him/her happy and do what is best for him/her (Army of One 8). Moreover, Egyptian GenY may choose to study a certain major rather than the one they prefer because the idea of unemployment is hunting them. They are not always free to choose because they are uncertain of what...
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...persisted for two decades 1. Dark period began with asset bubble in 1980s 2. Banks: bad loans 3. Economy imploded 4. Social Problems: Unemployment, divorce, suicide, violence 5. Anxiety, insecurity 6. Japan, Inc. lost credibility - Led to transformation, people found out gov’t was incompetent - Junichiro Koizumi 1. Bold 2. Amplifying disparities 3. Increasing risk 4. No safety ❖ Economy Implodes ➢ Crash of the stock market and land prices(hammering banks, business, investors, borrowers, customers, and employees ➢ Lost US$16 trillion, 3 times the size of GDP ➢ Lost Decade ▪ A story about how businessmen, policymakers, regulators, and investors RECONSIDERED the norms and verities of Japan, Inc. and began the process of RETOOLING economics institutions, practices, and patterns to REVIVE the economy ▪ Measured and incremental reforms ▪ Other people: Disparities, betrayal ➢ Company ▪ First, little retirement with less pay and bonuses ▪ After the baby boom generation, companies relied on non-regular workers who are usually paid much less and have little job security(Regular workers needed to work long hours(Low birthrate • Baby boomers: people born during the Post-World War II baby boom between 1946 and 1964. ❖ Lessons from Japan ➢ “Lehman shock” in 2008 ▪ Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers: Financial services firm. Largest bankruptcy in U.S. history...
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...In America the rates of suicide among the elderly aged 65 and older has continued to increase. Unassisted suicide is defined as a decision that is usually made in isolation by an individual who is often suffering from depression. Suicide has been prevalent throughout history. There are up to nine references about suicide in the Old Testament. The risks and the number of suicides increase more among the elderly aged 85 and older. The majority of the incidences occur due to the mental health issues of the individual. An obstacle faced by mental health professionals in reaching this group is that older adults usually prefer not to seek treatment for their mental health problems. The elderly are the fastest growing portion of the population,...
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...J Fam Econ Iss (2012) 33:231–249 DOI 10.1007/s10834-012-9302-7 ORIGINAL PAPER The Generation Y’s Working Encounter: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong and other Chinese Cities Hong-kin Kwok Published online: 7 March 2012 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Abstract Understanding the encounter of different generations may be a determining factor in the success of organizations. In order to have a clear understanding about the new generation, this article examines the working encounter of Generation Y. Generation Y in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and four cities in mainland China were studied. How the social environment influenced their attitudes and behavior in work and geographical mobility, and how geographical mobility created problems to the migrants were studied. We find that the Generation Y in Hong Kong is facing more competition than the Generation Y in mainland. In geographical mobility, most of the respondents accept geographical mobility. The findings provide some insights on how the social environment shapes the generation. Keywords China Á Generation Y Á Geographical mobility Á Globalization Introduction Nowadays, human resource managers and owners are becoming interested in how to recruit, manage, and work with people from different generations in the workplace. Understanding the attitudes of different generations will be H. Kwok Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, 8 Castle Peak...
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...Learner name | ------------------------------------------------- Assessor name | MAJID HAMAD | Mr Francis | Date issued | Completion date | Submitted on | | | | Qualification | Unit number and title | BTEC LEVEL 5 EDSML | MARKETING PLANNING | | | Assignment title | | In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. | Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to: | | Task no. | | Evidence | 1 | review the changing perspectives in marketing planning. | | 1.1 | | | 1 | Evaluate an organizations Capability for Planning its Future Marketing Activity: | | 1.2 | | | 1 | Examine technique for Organizational Auditing & For Analyzing External Factors That Affect Marketing Planning | | 1.3 | | | 1 | carry out Organizational Audit & External Factors Analysis of external factors that affect marketing planning in a given situation | | 1.4 | | | 2 | Assess the main barriers to market planning. | | 2.1 | | | 2 | Examine how organizations may overcome barriers to marketing plan. | | 2.2 | | | 3 | Write a marketing plan for a product or service | | 3.1 | | | 3 | Explain why marketing plan is essential in the strategic planning process for an organisation | | 3.2 | | | 3 | examine techniques for new product development | | 3.3 | | | 3 | Justify recommendation...
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...Value Congruence and Organisational Success Introduction One thing that is common around the world is diversity. Across different continents, countries, cultures, homes and individuals lay differences in terms of thinking and behaviour. The modern age has allowed an intermingling of these cultures to take place with great ease. This affects not only the individuals but also the organisations they work in. Organisations employ a range of people that are diverse in different respects and this diversity can determine whether an organisation succeeds or not. One way in which people vary greatly is in terms of their values. Values are the beliefs people hold that particular ways of behaving concerning certain matters are better or preferred over other ways. (Robbins & Judge, 2013) Organisational behaviour is the way people conduct themselves in the context of the organisation. (Robbins & Judge, 2013) Although an organisation hires individuals for the skills they can provide the organisation with, this does not stop them from providing the organisation with the rest of their person which can prove to be helpful or problematic. There are times when individuals have certain values and the organisation has different values, this value incongruence is a determinant of an organisation’s effectiveness and thus it is important to look into it and address it. The topic of values is vastly broad and this essay will attempt to give a better understanding of individual values, organisational...
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...The Rising Issue of Generation Y and Police Training By Problem Solving Practicum OL430 Anthony Nixon February 27, 2008 CONTENTS References iii Research Focus The Real Issues 1 What is Generation X? 2 Generation Y 4 The Problem 6 Recruitment, Selection, and Retention 8 Conclusions 12 References Lomi Kriel. (2006, June 26). Cities face troubles in hiring cops. San Antonio Express News, p. 1. Andy Headworth. (2007, December 07). Ten differences between Generation X and Generation Y Employees [Msg 1]. Message posted to Sirona Says To infinite recruitment and beyond electronic mailing list, archived at http://blog.sironaconsulting.com/sironasays/2007/12/our-futurex-ver.html Wikipedia. (2007). Generation X. In Wikipedia (1st ed., Vol. 1, p. 1). Unknown, World Wide Web: Wikipedia. Retrieved March 10, 2008, from Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X Research Focus The Real Issues There is a rising problem in the police field regarding hiring and retaining quality officers. At the front of this problem is the Y generation and the opposing generational values between them and generation X. This also lends itself to training issues and the difference in learning styles between the two generations. This paper will delve in to merging the two current styles of training and the problems that might come up during the process. This investigation will deal with agencies across the country as well...
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...Ethical and Legal Issues in Pharmacy Name HCA322 Instructor December 16, 2013 Back in the 1990’s, the baby boomer generation stepped into their middle age years. Since it is not uncommon for people to begin having health issues at this age, there became a larger demand for healthcare services, and a huge demand for more prescription medications. The demand that was placed on the pharmaceutical industry brought about an urgent need for the teaching of professional ethics in schools of pharmacy. The measures taken in response to this demand were very necessary as the public now places such high expectations on pharmaceutical professionals, and rightfully so. They have access to both lifesaving and life-ending drugs and they possess knowledge that the common person finds intimidating. Patients feel a sense of vulnerability with all of the aspects involved with the industry that they may not understand such as the electronic transmission of information, electronic records, e-scripts, delivery and the complexity of health interventions, along with legal limitations, the many different medical specializations and the sharp rise in the use of generic pharmaceuticals (Klepser, et. al., 2008) It is possible that a pharmaceutical professional may find themselves in vulnerable positions as well, feeling trapped between their own personal ethics and the liabilities placed on them by their profession. They may find themselves sometime questioning as to whether they can fully uphold...
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...The Social Problem of Substance Abuse Donna S. West WGU GLT1 Task 2 The Social Problem of Substance Abuse Substance abuse and addiction issues impact individuals, families, and communities in many ways and can be directly connected to costly social, physical, mental, and public health problems. In addition, substance abuse related issues have an overwhelming impact on the criminal justice system. Describe the social problem of Substance Abuse The way substance abuse is defined or understood can be interpreted in many ways, depending on the person or situation it may be related to. In simple terms, abuse is determined when there is a level of dysfunction related to the person's use of drugs or alcohol. One standard definition, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [HHS/SAMHSA], 1994, describes abuse as "the use of a psychoactive drug to such an extent that its effects seriously interfere with health or occupational and social functioning." The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) is standard in the medical and mental health fields for diagnosing both substance abuse and behavioral health disorders. According to the DSM-IV, substance abuse is "a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by" a variety of possible symptoms of impairment (American Psychiatric Association...
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