Aging

The words – ‘productive aging’ is coined to incorporate socially valued roles accomplished by older adults (Bass & Caro, 2001). The underlying philosophy of productive aging developed in the late 1980s views older adults as representing: an opportunity instead of crisis; a solution instead of problem; a resource instead of a drain on resources; an asset instead of burden; and a group having a tendency to make social, cultural and economic influences instead of being just an extended portion of…

Canada’s aging population. In September 2014, Statistics Canada published an article about the population projections from 2013 to 2063. In the article, the author indicated the number of aging population would continue increasing in the coming years. By 2030, a quarter of the Canadian population would become seniors, and will rise to 26.3% in 2050, which is 0.9% higher than the average of all OECD countries and 6.1% higher than the USA. The increasing of aging population would reshape the…

Chapter 3 spoke about the biological side of aging. Aging, as a natural process of life, is a mystery to many with various perceptions of why it happens and what it means to grow older to those that experience it. For many, it is seen as a negative experiences that brings about weakness and frailty, whereas for some people it is not so much the case. In the lesson for this week, we read a chapter that explains some theories about aging. It discussed the various things that occur in one's body as…

The world 's population is aging as a result of decreasing mortality and better medical services. In the past, there were more children than the elderly, but it has become completely opposite in the recent decades. An increase in life expectancy is one of the causes of the aging population. The aging population is currently at its highest level in human history. There are the number of people who one aged 60 years old and over has tripled since 1950. It is believed that the senior and geriatric…

Workforce aging represents one of the biggest Human Resource challenges to an organization today. According to a recent report, most of the employees in Malaysia are intended to retire between ages of 60 to 65. The baby boomers generation is become older and birth rate is decreased which resulting in a workforce that the proportion of older employees is increasing. Demographic changes lead to a competitive environment in which organizations are facing large-scale workforce retirements and…

Introduction What is health? What is aging? Now most people would describe health as whether being sick or not. Most people would describe aging as getting old or relate it to the physical appearance of a person or object because of the noticeable changes (wrinkles, discoloration). It is a little more complicated than that when talking about a human being. Aging can be described as change over a certain amount of time. In terms of biology, our body is composed of cells. These cells make up our…

who are aging into the elderly stage of society’s perspective (2015). When elderly stop participating and stop remaining active that is when the elderly stops living. “Recognize and accept the aging process and all that goes with it as a reality, a natural part of the life cycle; it happens to us all . . .” (Daniel 1994). Through years of extensive research and years of experience, scientists have developed various assessments of what formulates successful aging. Defining successful aging…

contrasts in the three population challenges of aging population, insufficient food supply and the declining of birth rates between the two main countries: China and the United States. Moreover, policies and solutions to these three population challenges in China and the United States will also be described in details. It is well known that aging population has become one of the global issues. Both China and the United States are facing the problem of aging population. On the one hand, as…

Feather, J. (2015). Engaging private philanthropy in aging: It's time for a new approach. Generations, 39(3), 68-71. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,cookie,url,cpid,uid&custid=s8863137&db=rzh&AN=112207268&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=ip,uid Older adults are becoming an increasing large percentage of the American population, yet as little as 2% of philanthropies fund aging programs. This disproportionally is due to a fair amount of…

Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify whether there is a need to integrate aging focused curriculum in graduate social work programs. Research questions whether graduate social work students gain competency in aging through the social work required curriculum. The projected rise in population of people aged 65 and older raises questions about social and economic disparities faced by the older population. The participants of this study are graduate social work students from four…