This will also increase the amount of people that are retired from 12 percent of the United States population to almost 20 percent. With the rise of the aging population there is a need for more professional health and social service expertise. According to the Institute of Medicine’s landmark report, the is a shortage of health care professionals to care for the aging population in the current time and this number will grow faster as the Baby Boomers retire. One of the fastest growing employment sectors would be the eldercare. .
Although the likelihood of needing long-term care rises with age, almost as many people who need such care are under age sixty-five as are above it—5.6 million persons under age sixty-five (including 0.4 million children) and 6.6 million elderly, in roughly 1995.5 About 13 percent (0.1 million nonelderly and 1.5 million elderly in 1996) reside in nursing homes. Of the remainder who live in the community, one-quarter (1.2 million ages eighteen to sixty-five and 1.5 million elderly) are severely impaired, needing personal assistance with three or more ADLs.6 Compared with the rest of the population, persons who need long-term care are disproportionately low-income, very old, and living alone or with relatives other than a spouse (Exhibit 1). They also incur substantial costs (out of pocket and Medicare financed) for acute care services.7 Virtually all elderly persons who need long-term care have health insurance through Medicare. Medicare covers disabled persons under age sixty-five, however, only after they have received Social Security disability benefits for two years. Only 33 percent of the home-dwelling population ages eighteen to sixty-four with longterm care needs have Medicare coverage (Exhibit 2).
Gastric bypass surgery may not only help with obesity but it is believed that gastric bypass can help in treatment with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and sleep apnea. But there are many risks involved with the surgery, including death in about 2-3% of patients within one month of surgery. Gastric bypass surgery is an extensive procedure. Most qualified clients have a BMI of 40 or more and are morbidly obese. Clients planning to have gastric bypass surgery meet with a variety of specialists to determine their eligibility..
Aging Population In the United States many senior citizens are living longer. The change of growth in the senior population of America is ranked on of the most important demographic developments in today’s century and will continue into the centuries to come. In the United States, proportions aged 65 is projected to increase from 12.4% in year 2000 to 19.6% in year 2030. (MMWR, 2003) According to the article, why population aging matters, the population aging is driven by declines in infertility and improvements in health and longevity. We will soon have more elderly then children in the United States.
The biggest portion of current liabilities in the year 2009 is long term debt’s current portion. The long term debt increased by $ 10,414. The total liabilities for Patton-Fuller Community hospital in the year 2008 were $213,450. This amount increased to $462,153 in the year 2009. The percentage increase was 116.50%.
227). Over the years health care expenditure has increased greatly. Studies have shown that health care expenditure has almost surpassed $2 trillion dollars in 2008 or to put it in perspective $7,681/person (http://www.ama-assn.org/resources /doc/health-care-costs/strategies-rising-costs.pdf). Some of the major factors to this increase in expenditure include technological advances, population growth of older adults, increased focus on specialty physicians, uninsured and the underinsured, and prescription medicine. (Sultz & Young pg.
Elderly as a Vulnerable Population Faustino Hernandez NUR/440 June 11, 2011 University of Phoenix Elderly as a Vulnerable Population According To the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (2002), vulnerability is the Ability to "Be Easily Physically, Emotionally, or mentally hurt, Influenced or attacked." “As one of the faster growing segments of the population, over 70 million American citizens will be considered elderly by 2030 (Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention , 2007).” The United States Census Bureau states that, the Population greater Than 65 years old is growing at a rapid pace and by the year 2050 will duplicate and will increase from 12 to 20 percent of the population. This same percentage will be considered vulnerable population. Currently 40 million of people in the United States are 65 years or older, according to the Census Bureau these numbers will be expected to double by 2050, longevity will increased and this will bring a new number of common diseases which, will make this group more vulnerable. At Any Given Time, anyone can become vulnerable, the composition of the population has changed demographically and the elderly population has increased in recent years because of the development of the science and technology, but with this increment of the elderly population the vulnerability increases as well, due to some factors that this vulnerable population is exposed to, such as increase of the needs, physical and mental limitations, and lack of financial resources.
Problem/Issue Statement Over the past 30 years childhood obesity rate has tripled in the United States. Today nearly one out of every three children is obese or overweight. Many of these children will grow up to be obese adults that will suffer from high blood pressure, cancer, asthma, and other health related
For the past decade, the shipment volume has risen by 15-20% per year and the industry observers estimated the annual growth rate of 10% for next 5-10 years. The big three companies (first-tier players), mentioned above, together served more than 85% of the market. In this market, there were also competing 6 (second-tier players) companies. : BAX Global, DHL Worldwide Express, Emery, Roadway Package System (RPS), TNT Express Worldwide, and the U.S. Postal Service.
Step 1. Introductory Statement The US census bureau estimates that the population will rise from 294 million to an outstanding 420 million by the year 2050 if current trends in population continue. Step 2. Our quality of life as U.S. citizen is depreciating as the population increases. Immigration is the leading cause of such high rates of population increase.