The article “No Babies” by Russell Shorto discusses how the population in Europe is drastically decreasing because the low birth rate and higher death rate. He discusses how the birth to death rate is very unbalanced as well, which is a result of the declining population. European culture is feared be lost due to the fact that the majority of the European population is mainly made up of older generations and few younger. In the article Population “7 Billion”, Robert Kunzig discusses how the population worldwide is increasing drastically. He discusses that although the population is growing, our planet may not have all the resources it needs to accommodate the growing population.
HR400: Employment and Staffing | Employment and Staffing | Unit 1 Project | | Amy Johnson | 8/7/2012 | | According to United States of Department of Labor, over the next decade there will be some important changes to the demographic trends within the workforce. With a combination of the ups and downs of birthrates over the past 70 years and immigrates making up a sizable part of the population growth. One the biggest swifts are with the job market is the decline in the share of prime-age workers. The prime age group is considered 25-54 years old. Within this age group, we have more turning 55 then 25 coming up to this group.
Dementia isn't when you can't find your car keys. We all do that. Experts say the condition is the health and social care challenge of the 21st century, because the UK's ageing population means the numbers affected are set to soar. The following facts and figures show the height of the challenge; 700,000 people have dementia in the UK 15,000 of those are under 65 The total affected is estimated to reach 1m by 2021 By 2051, it could reach 1.7m Women account for two-thirds of cases Dementia currently costs the UK over £17bn a year Dementia could cost the economy £50bn per year within 30 years The disease can affect a person anywhere from three to 20 years!! Dementia can be caused by a number of illnesses that affect the brain.
The status and role of the elderly in the future will increase because the birthrate has dropped to an all-time low. b. There will be an elderly revolution, termed the “silver-haired rebellion,” which will place much of the lost power and status back into the hands of the older segment of society. c. As the rate of technological change accelerates, knowledge quickly becomes obsolete, and this decreases the status and role of the elderly (they are no longer the storage houses of technological knowledge; libraries and databanks have taken over this role). d. In the future, there will be a major reorganization of kinship and the family, which will restore power to the elderly.
With life-expectancy increasing, this problem is only going to get worse. I was interested in the parallel problems in the field of nursing and the field of education – many of the problems and proposed solutions in nursing and teaching are quite similar – not enough incoming workers to replace retiring ones, a need to reduce case loads/class sizes and increase salaries, and a need to improve working conditions. One point Underwood brings up remains a problem, though. She explains that there is a problem of shrinking resources at nursing schools and indicated that in 2004, “understaffed nursing schools had to turn away more than 32,000 qualified applicants.” These numbers show that there IS a population of people who DO want to become nurses. However, changing the working environment, increasing salaries and reducing workloads for nurses in the field is not going to change whatever problem is causing the shortage of qualified faculty at nursing schools, so that is a serious problem that will need attention as
This period is referred to as the "baby boom" era. Many children were conceived, and those children are now our elderly population. After the baby boom era, fertility rates have been steadily declining. The working class are taxed for FICA (federal insurance contribution act), which funds social security. The problem is that there are less working class then there is the elderly population.
The dramatic economic downturn in the world economy that hurt so many workers starting in 2008 only accelerated a decades-long trend toward more precarious jobs and the unstable hours, low wages, minimal benefits and insecurity that this work means for so many, as led decline in union membership and activities. First is the emergence of an increasingly competitive business environment, in which firms have
Health care costs are rising; the debt deficit is higher, and the secure futures for the old and young are at jeopardy. There is even talk that my generation may not have social security benefits because of the already retired Boomers since 2006 and the high number of Boomers still remaining to retire in the near
Included are, “lack of universal access, unrelenting surge in costs, decreasing affordability for much of the population, and variable, often mediocre quality of care”. Lack of access is an enormous problem within the United States, where according to a Gallup poll, “more than 16% of American adults were without health coverage in January and February of this year” (Mendes, 2010). This is a continuous trend that seemed to elevate as our economy declined in 2008. Our health care costs are increasing faster than the economy. Our aging population, increasing technology, increasing administrative costs, and chronic disease are among only a few issues that have resulted in the increase of health care costs.
As of September 2011, seniors accounted for 14.4% of the total population, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from 2010. Life expectancy has also risen to 81.38 years and median age to 39.9. The twenty-first century has seen the impending retirement of the large baby boom cohort. As a result of the recession in 2008 many retirees went back to work, labour participation rate of the proportion of people aged 55 and over rose from 10% to 17% between 2001 and 2009. The aged labour force has contributed ..........to GDP.