section, you are presented with an introduction to the field of gerontology, which addresses the social, psychological, physical, and demographic concerns related to aging and introduces the role of the person-environment perspective to study issues relevant to aging. Due to an increasing interest in understanding the process of aging and the changing demographics of the world, including the United States, gerontology is a growing field. More and more people in the U.S. are living beyond age 65 or
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SOCW3103/Aging Instructor: Adelle Sanders, DPA, MSW Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain the transportation needs of, and for the elderly as a social problem. I will attempt with the help of research to show how badly the elderly need help, I will research the transportation availability. for the elderly publicly and privately in my community. Looking at the demographics in the Fuller
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The Economic Impact of the One-Child Policy in China John F. Rodis EMBA International Economics Professor Jim Stodder October 15, 2014 The Economic Impact of the Single-Child Policy in China Thesis Statement: The single-child policy implemented in China more than thirty years ago to slow the rate of population growth, not only had a marginal effect on the growth of the population, but also had the unintended consequence of a long-lasting negative impact on the Chinese economy. Abstract:
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------------------------------------------------- iNDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PAPER December 15, 2015 December 15, 2015 Contents Introduction 2 Literature review 4 Proponents 4 Opponents 5 Advocate for the two-child policy. 6 Promoting consumption 6 Solving population aging problems 7 Balancing skewed sex ratio 7 Boosting the real estate 8 References 9 Introduction China has resolved to put an end to the three-decade-long one-child policy and each couple are allowed to have two children. Shortly after the announcement
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the U.S. Health Care Systems Strayer University Historical Transitioning and Growth of the U.S. Health Care Systems Abstract I found four articles that talked about the milestones in healthcare, financial and technical structure, changing demographics and the baby boom generation. Some of the authors include James Kirkman, Emily Snell, Rick Ratliff, S. Smith and the European Commission Decision. As time moves forward, health care continues to change and evolve in order to keep up with the
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international relations – to 2030 and beyond: * Aging, which they call “a tectonic shift” for developed countries but also increasingly many developing; * Youthful Societies and States, which they note is a shrinking but still-significant number; * Migration, which is expected to be more cross-border and increasingly common; and * Urbanization, which is a continued trend that will accelerate and take center stage as its side-effects impact Africa and parts of Asia. * Changing
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9/28/2015 9/28/2015 Shelia Kirksey Shelia Kirksey Trends Paper Learning Team C Trends Paper Learning Team C There are many demographic trends that will influence the future of the human service department. They include terrorism, cultures, aging, and economic hardships. Terrorism became a big part of in our country on September 11. We will never forget where we were that day and what we were doing when we heard the terrible news. The act of terrorism has happened more them
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2013 The impacts of healthcare delivery systems biggest issues are the aging and obesity. We need to understand how these can impact our lives and what we can do to address them now before they become a bigger issue in the future. Many of the Americans from the baby boomer era are becoming retired and will add to the future endeavors of the working class with many of our government programs being affected. The second contributor is obesity. Since this can go in hand with the aging these are the
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Theories of Aging Theories of Aging Nate Aungkuldee Milwaukee School of Engineering –School of Nursing Abstract Gerontological nursing may be viewed as the nursing management for older population. Knowledge of nursing care and competency of caring for elderly become more important as the result of increasing population of old age people in the past decade and expecting in ongoing increasing in the next twenty years. There are many theories of aging that
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Executive Summary Europe: The aging trend in Europe is in most place they are growing older. According to the European Commission (2012) “while the population of Europe will be slightly higher in 2060 (517 million, up from 502 million in 2010), the population will be much older. While longer lives are indeed a great achievement the aging of the population also poses significant challenges for the economies”. The share of those aged 15-64 is projected to decline from 67% to 56% while those
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