...differences? 3. What, if any, strategies are in place in these countries to accommodate this population growth? 4. In the present global economy, what challenges will governments of these countries face in ensuring the health of their aging populations? Abstract The goal of this paper is to explore three countries of ranging income groups, their population life expectancy, the chronic diseases that have become prevalent within the aging community, and the repercussions the aging community will have on the future. There are many aspects that will be covered such as the growing trend of population growth rates and how it may affect the economies of these populations in the future. The ramifications of these occurrences and what it means for the future of health care coverage for a country whose population is growing exponentially as well as a population whose aging population is increasing. We will also explore what strategies, plans and agencies that are in place to accommodate this aging population growth, as well as what can happen if there are not adequate plans to cover this crisis. The Aging Community and its Implications on the Future There is a global crisis lurking in the not too distant future. The aging population is growing and so is chronic disease. Let’s examine this by taking a snapshot of three countries of ranging income groups and start with their life expectancy projections. The United States (US) (high income), Mongolia (middle income)...
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...The Health Care Reform Project Michele Anne Campbell, Nadine Avelar, Melissa Bishop, Patricia Estrada, Ora Taylor HCS/440 June 22, 2014 Caryn Callahan The Health Care Reform Project A current health care economic issue is medical care for an aging population. Because of the baby boomers, the current population of aging Americans is increased from previous years. This is a growing trend that shows no obvious signs of slowing down. With each generation, more people are born and each generation will continue to have a larger population than its predecessor. The result is an increase in the need for funding the medical care for this aging population. We currently have Medicare and Social Security, but just like every financial source, it has its limits. It has been predicted that by the time the baby boomers grandchildren reach the age for retirement, there will be a lack of or absence of the resources necessary to fund their Medicare and Social Security benefits. There does not seem to be any resolutions to this issue. The only possible solution to this current issue is prevention. There are two different types of prevention. The first is preparation for the financial deficit toward health care for this group is a pre-meditated and sustained savings plan. Most people save their money for retirement, but not for medical care. The reality is that people spend more money on health care during later years that on vacation or retirement. Today’s retirees are often still working...
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...dynamics, economic and social consequences of aging workforce in the developed nations particularly Europe and United States presents significant challenges for the coming decades. In the recent times this topic has developed a sense of urgency and is receiving much attention from researchers, policy-makers and the popular media. Without a pro-active approach and appropriate action, the sustainability of social and economic security would be at stake and a labour and skill shortage will become a global issue. European policies have increasingly started to focus on raising the labour-market participation of ageing people, restricting or abandoning possibilities for early labour-market exit, and increasing the age at which people are eligible for pensions. In the article ‘Today is the Tomorrow -You Worried About Yesterday: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Workforce’ Nancy B. Kiyonaga draws the attention to the crucial issue of aging workforce. She has also tried to suggest a solution ‘workforce and succession planning’ as the tool to this critical challenge especially in the public sector organisations which are more vulnerable to the affects of the aging workforce. Nancy B. Kiyonaga herself being the director of Workforce and Occupational Planning and adjunct professor of public administration her focus on the role of human resource management is praiseworthy. The article focuses on the primary issues like, the impact of ‘aging out’ of the baby boom workforce on economic...
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...University of Nebraska states that “aging can be defined as the accumulation of diverse deleterious changes occurring in cells and tissues with advancing age that are responsible for the increased risk of disease and death”. So in the words that people like us can understand, aging is “the process of growing old.” We all age and grow up, we are all older than we were the day before. But how do we grow up? Well, aging affects our bodies, both physically and mentally. So let’s start off by getting physical… with aging. As time passes, aging affects the way we appear, starting right when we are conceived. One factor that changes as we age is our height. During our birth and puberty, we have growth spurts; however, Gerontologists have discovered that once we reach the age of 40, we actually begin to shrink about four-tenths of an inch every decade. The disks between the vertebrae of our spines progressively become thinner as we age which compresses our spines. Other signs of aging can be found on our skin. As the years pass, ultraviolet light penetrates our skin and breaks down the elastic fibers, damaging them and causing our skin to become less elastic, causing wrinkles to develop. Aging affects us in many ways, especially our...
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...In the future, the process of aging will likely be renamed as a disease, of which science will be able to find a solution to. Life extension is the study of slowing down or even reversing the process of aging to extend the greatest and average lifespan. As of now, the average human life expectancy in the United States is about seventy-nine years of age. Although the human life expectancy has increased over the years, it has done so considerably slower than it should have. But, by the year of 2067, the human life expectancy will be significantly increased by many new and improved technologies. These life extension technologies consist of nanotechnology, gene editing, and organ replacement. Nanotechnology will be a very interesting way to aid...
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...of 2017. According to many studies, it has been reported how health care has been shaped by both demographic and technological changes. The Influence of The Baby Boomer Generation has essentially made with significant impact in today’s healthcare industry and the future of the healthcare market. As many new advancements in technology the life expectancy of baby boomers has been extended and has presented a unique challenge to health care institutions and systems across...
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...Theory of Successful Aging (Flood, 2005) was developed to addresses a nursing theory for care of the older adult regarding to the lack of nursing theory that offers clearly delineated guidelines for care of aging. Flood’s(2002) unique definition of successful aging among other explanations includes mental, physical, and spiritual elements of the aging person and emphasizing the individual's self appraisal. She used existing knowledge derived deductively from the Roy adaptation model, one of the most widely accepted nursing theory model, and integrated these ideas with Tornstam's sociological theory of gerotranscendence and literature related to the concept of successful aging to comprise the foundation of the theory (Flood, 2005). The author adequately explains the specific nursing actions that constitute these attributes. Clarity: The attributes of the theory and the model (Flood, 2005) clearly defines the major concepts relevant to successful aging. Flood provides examples of person with cancer that would exemplify the attribute although the physical health is not stated in the assumptions. In addition, there are no ambiguous statements, nor abstract or complex language employed. Nurses can readily understand the language used in the theory. Moreover, guidelines for interventions to help not only for nurses but caregivers to care for elders are provided for a completely understanding. Consistency: Flood’s views of aging and definitions of successful aging addresses the definitions’...
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...consists of retrieving a peer-reviewed article and applying the research methodology to the article selected. The article selected for the research methodology was Managing Aging Patients written by Robert D’Ambrosia, Jennifer Kilpatrick, and Lene Juel Rasmussen written June 2003. Based on the information in the article will help determine the methods of defining the problem, the purpose of the study, research questions, hypothesis, study variables, conceptual model, the review of related literature and the study design of the selected article. Define the Problem The problem in this scenario is the need to be able to manage and being equipped with the up and coming baby boomers. It has been predicted that 20% of the population in US will be aged 65 years by 2030 it was predicted few years ago because of up and coming baby boomers. We are all aware that the aging Baby Boomer population and with increased life expectancy and more active lifestyles, then in the past generation is beginning and will continue to place a huge demand on medical resources, predominantly from the orthopedic doctors. There will be a quadruple need of orthopedic surgeons than before because of high risk and demand of patients. A lot of baby boomers suffer from joint, ligament, and tendons. The risk of hip damage increase drastically with aging patients. Other issues are cumulative loss of flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance and a host of other medical teething troubles that may need to be taken into...
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...Demographic Paper Synthia Simmons October 14, 2013 The Aging Population Demographic means the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human population. Demographic factors consist of age, sex, education level, income level and other things. The topic I would like to discuss is about the aging population and how it affects the challenges which are related to health care. Dramatic changes are taking place in this demographic structure of the United States. By the year 2030, twenty-two (22) percent of the population will be over the age of sixty-five (65). The aging of the population presents social challenges to support the needs of older people. These social challenges help the aging to live healthier, to be independent and to lead a productive life. There are older adults that are much more healthier plus they are more educated plus they are pursuing active lives. Whenever the older adults develop a disability or chronic illness, the older adults are unable to perform one or more self-care tasks. Whenever it comes to the health care relation of aging population, information technologies can improve the lives of older adults in certain areas. These areas include e-health, medication, health care deliveries, home safety and assist devices. The aging pulation comes with many challenges such as social, financial, economic and political. Managing health care quality and...
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...Demographics: The Aging Population HCS/490 July 8, 2013 Sandra Asbury As the population ages, it increases the need for more healthcare service as well as the staff to administer those services. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are constantly hiring for what’s to come, making nursing one of the fastest growing occupations. Health Affairs did an article and study called The Effects of Aging and Population Growth on Health Care Costs. This study was called Data Watch and the purpose of this was to determine the link between the rising personal health care costs and the population growth as well as the aging of the population. The results were recorded from 1975 until 1990 and then projected for the years 1990 through 2005. Some of the findings were as follows: “All of the calculations described assume that the relative expense of treating each age group, observed in 1987, will remain constant over time. In fact, as noted earlier, historical data for 1977 and 1987 suggest that there have been small changes in the relative expense of the care rendered to each age group. Comparison of the relative levels of spending in each age group between 1977 and 1987 illustrates that spending on those age sixty-five and older seemed to grow more rapidly than overall health spending in both the physician and hospital sectors. Spending on those under age nineteen also appeared to grow more rapidly than total spending in the hospital sector and less rapidly than total spending in the...
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...Aging Demographics in Health Care Cynthia Mays HCS/490 University of Phoenix January 19, 2012 Aging Demographics in Health Care The expected growth of the older population in the United States over the next fifty years will have an exceptional impact on the U.S. health care system. Population aging is a complex issue that concerns not only the well-being of today’s older American’s but also comprehensive areas and sectors affecting the total population, such as health, labor markets and public finances. It affects and engages communities, all levels of government, and all sectors of society. In this paper there is a discussion of the aging population and the impact it has on demographics in healthcare. There is an upsurge in the population of older adults. As the population ages and medical care continues to elongate the average lifespan of the population, this results in a greater percentage of the population being composed of older adults and subject themselves to the medical consequence associated with increasing age and chronic disease. At birth, every cohort has a small excess of males but, leaving to the higher death rates for the mall population and the more rapid improvement in mortality for women, although there is a large excess of women at older ages. “In 1980, 12 percent of the white population was age 65 or older which was a much larger proportion than the 8 percent of the black population” (Siegel and...
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...Running head: WHY YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE NEEDS SUPPORT? 1 Why youth aging out of foster care needs support? Antoinette Knowlton Strayer University Critical Thinking PHI 210 Dr. Ed Yancy March 16, 2013 WHY YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE NEEDS SUPPORT? 2 Why youth aging out of foster care needs support? Can you imagine today is your 18th birthday and you have no biological family to give you heartfelt happy birthday wishes and hugs? No one there to give you the “you’re eighteen years old today now what are you going to do with your life speech”. Can you imagine coming to the realization that you’re on your own now. Not even the government is responsible for you anymore. You’re now a member of a group that most don’t think about. You’re aging out of foster care. In 2005, 24,407 youth did what’s known as “aged out” of foster care. Aging out of foster care means youth between the age of 18 and 23 is no longer receiving state care without being reunited with their families nor adopted before leaving care (Collins, Clay & Ward, 2008). This represents an increase of 41% since 1998. Now it’s over 25,000 a year of youth aging out of foster care (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2006). It’s all on you to decide what road you will travel. But, how do you determine your route towards your destiny. This can be a very scary and intimidating time for these youth as they transition from the life...
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...INTRODUCTION It is obvious that we are faced with an aging population. Within three decades individuals aged 65 years or older are expected to make up 23% of the Australian population (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). This is a stable increase from 13% in 2007, emphasising Australia as an aging country (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). This is evident not only within the demographic regions of metropolitan and 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...
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...| Our World and Health Care Delivery In The Future | | | LaTisha M. Green | HCA/24011/04/2012Vinod Sharma | | Demographics and disease trends have a big influence on health care and how it is going to be delivered now and in the future as well. The world around us is forever changing and we need to make sure that we are changing and evolving with it as well. In this paper we are going to discuss two things that are making us look at how health care is going to have to be delivered in order to take care of the aging and how to treat obesity as well. The objective of this paper is to bring to light some of the demographic changes and disease trends that have already happened and that is going to happen in the near future. These changes and future trends will reshape the nation in the years and decades to come. Demographics of Aging In the United States there are almost 40 million people aged 65 +. That is almost 13% of the population and by 2030 there will be more than 72 million older people. That will make up about l9% of the world population. That is just like saying that someone turns 50 every 8 seconds. Also each year more than 3.5 million boomers turn 55 and by the year 2012 America’s 50 and older population will reach an all-time high of 100 million people. According to the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services: * The number of Americans who will reach 65 over the next two decades increased by 31% during this...
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...Health Care Reform Project Angela Thomas HCS/440 December 16, 2913 Caryn Callahan The Aging Population in America The current growth in the number of older adults in the United States are reaching unprecedented numbers in the nation’s history with an expectation of reaching nearly 89 million people by age 65 or older by year 2050. The rapid U.S. growth can be attributed to two realities: Americans are living longer than in previous decades; the twentieth century ushered in effective public health strategies and advances in medical treatment contributing to a dramatic increase in average life expectancy. The post -World War II “baby boomer” generation. The leading edge of the baby boom generation reached age 65 in 2011, and every other day roughly 10,000 people will celebrate their 65th birthday. So, by 2030 the last baby boomer will celebrate their 65th birthday leaving a population of 72 million older Americans (CDC, 2013). This population has wide-ranging implications for virtually every facet of American society. At each point in the lifespan of baby boomers, the United States has felt and been changed by the impact of their numbers and needs—from booming sales in commercial baby food in the late 1940s, to construction of new schools during the 1950s, to the housing construction boom of the 1970s and 1980s. The 30-year gain in life expectancy within the span of a century had never before been achieved. Diseases that once claimed lives have been eradicated while...
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