Today’s economic and political events define the types of trend(s) measured in modern society and how it affects human services (Thompson, 2000). According to the projections of the U.S. population, the population of persons age 65 and older is expected to more than double between 2012 and 2060, from 43.1 million to 92.0 million. The increase in the number of the "oldest old" - those 85 and older are projected to more than triple from 5.9 million to 18.2 million, reaching 4.3 percent of the total population. (Census Bureau 2012). This demographic will continually increase due to baby boomers entering their retirement years as well as the number of elderly living past the age of 85.
This as well, will continue to lower Lincare’s profits. Lincare’s operating margin additionally declined from 24 percent to 16.6 percent. The 9.5% reimbursement cut on certain durable medical equipment, as well as the 36 month payment cap, and competitive bidding from CMS are negatively affecting the profits of the company. Lincare operating margins have declined from 28.8 in 2005 to 16.6 in 2009 (morningstar.com). Lincare’s Return on Equity has taken a steep decline over the past 5 years going from 21.83% in 2005 down to 14.54% in 2009.
Examine the view that fundamental changes have taken place in the relationship between social class and voting behaviour in the U.K in the last twenty-five years. It is in no doubt that changes have taken place in the relationship between social class and voting behaviour since 1982. Primary evidence for this is that over the period of twenty five years there have been changes in government from Conservative to Labour. However in order to understand the reasons for the change in this relationship, the definitions of social class and voting behaviour must be understood. Social class is defined as the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in society or cultures.
Chapter 39: The Stalemated Seventies A. Describe the economic situation going into the 1970s- The baby boom generation would be making less money than their parents but as the economic growth crested, the American spirit gave an unaccustomed sense of limits. I. Sources of Stagnation A. List a few reasons economists speculate could be the cause of the slump in productivity increasing presence in the work force of women and teens (had lower skills, less likely to take full time jobs),declining investment in new machinery, general shift of American economy from manufacturing to services B.
As nuclear families replace extended families in industrial societies, older people no longer reside with their adult children. The role of the elderly in retaining and disseminating information has diminished in industrial societies. The elderly have lost much of their economic power. Sociologist Donald O. Cowgill has hypothesized that: a. The status and role of the elderly in the future will increase because the birthrate has dropped to an all-time low.
Together these factors create a significant decrease in the percentage of self-describing Anglicans in Australia. This trend of decrease is made evident through the increasing trends of no religion, from 10% in 1971 to nearly 20% in 2006 and other religions, from 1% in years prior to 1971 to approximately 5% in 2006, thereby creating a reasonable impact on these religious affiliations. 2. The post-World War II era showed a steady growth in the number of adherents in religious traditions other than Christianity. This is contributed to mainly by the migration of Jews into Australia from Europe in an attempt to flee the Nazi regime.
However, the 90s and the 2000s marked the decline in growth of these outer suburbs. Mendleson (2013) argues that while these suburbs have continued to grow, the growth has declined because of the decreasing allure of suburbs. The decreasing allure of outer suburbs can be attributed immigration and decreasing income levels creating less than ideal conditions for the wealthy middle
Research is showing that government increased new employee contributions to pension plans, 14 percent increased age and service requirements for normal retirement for new hires, and 9 percent reported that pension benefits were reduced for new hires. For current workers, 23 percent of those surveyed from local government answered that current employee contributions to pension plans had been increased over the past year, 8 percent said that employer contributions had been increased for current workers, and 3 percent had reduced/eliminated cost of living adjustments within the past year. There have been many changes to the provision of health benefits as well. Among the top three changes, 50 percent of the local government human resource executives reported that their government shifted more health care costs from employer to employees (examples: higher premiums, co-payments, and deductibles) over the past year. Twenty-seven percent of the respondents’ governments had created wellness programs, and 11 percent had shifted more costs from employer to retirees within the past
Over the past 100 years there has been a declining rate in family sizes in the UK, birth rate across the UK has also decreased. The birth rate is the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year. Since the 1900 the birth rate has been decreasing with the exception of the ‘baby booms’ after the wars and during the 1960’s, but still the overall birth rate has been decreasing with time. There are several social factors which contribute to these changes, Since the early 1900’s women were married and starting a family at an early age and if they weren’t they were frowned upon, however over time the position of women in society has changed and their status and power is much higher than it was before. The changes that occurred include greater equality, rights to vote, rights to divorce, work opportunities and the availability of contraception to control their fertility, due these factors women are no longer frowned upon on for having ambitions and goals to achieve before they settle down and start a family.
Putnam(2000) documents that the levels of interactions between individuals is subsiding as the levels of civic, religious, political, and other collective activities are lessening. He contributes the waning of social mobility to this phenomenon, as people are becoming less engaged in their communities. To assess these changes in social activity, he analyzed the membership and participation rates of national organizations and groups over the course of several decades. As he notes that there is an obvious lack of exchanges between the people in different socioeconomic groups and a growing decline in the amount of community engagement amongst the members of those groups. He attributes a lack of social capital development to this, which as he argues, social capital is a proponent in creating a more well-connected community which is beneficial to society.