Dollar Baby

1964 are known as baby boomers. The baby boom is defined as having occurred during the peak years of this roller coaster ride: its legacy was a population bulge destined to leave its imprint on each phase of the life cycle (MacUnovich). Baby boomers represent the largest generational birth cohort in United States history, making about 76.5 million in total (MacUnovich). Though there is no definitive answer, some effects that were stated to attribute the birth increase during the baby boom…

The Baby Boom is a demographic phenomenon that occurred after the Second World War from 1946 to 1965. In fact, about eight million Canadian people were born in this period, causing economic, social, cultural, and political changes in each stage of their growing process. (Statistics Canada, 2013) Currently, Baby Boomers have started to approach the last stages of their lifespan, reaching formal retirement from work and therefore an increase in leisure time. (Cavanagh and Wendy, 2012) As a…

The baby friendly initiative is a global program started in 1991 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF focused on improving the role of maternity services to encourage mothers to breastfeed to help babies get the best start in life. These health agencies recommend that babies are breastfed exclusively for their first six months of life. The primary goal is to improve prenatal care of mothers, mother/baby care after delivery, and provide services and care that promote and support…

To discuss the Dollar Tree organization from a strategic perspective one must review the company history. The Dollar Tree organization’s main office is located in Chesapeake, VA, on the East Coast and is one of the largest and one of the most successful single-price-point retail stores in North America (dollartree.com, n.d.). Single-price point retail stores is the key concept to this organization, everything is literally priced one dollar. The organization has several hundred stores within…

practitioners is rapidly increasing with about a 36% increase by the year 2022 (bls.gov). This rapid increase is due to many factors, but like most of the medical field this increase is due to increases in geriatric patients from the aging population from the baby boomer generation. It is also increasing due to increased bariatric patients and higher cases of obesity and diabetes (explore). Currently there are about 9000 jobs and 3000 more are estimated to open up by 2022 (bls.gov). Many who…

War, Civil Right Movement and a time of “prosperity and optimism and bolstered by the sense that they are a special generation capable of changing the world, have equated work with self-worth, contribution and personal fulfillment” (Yang & Guy, 2006) Baby Boomers have had a significant influence on the corporate environments we work in today. There strong attributes and core values such as: good communication skills, strong work ethics, loyalty to careers and employers as we as their KSAOs have…

Cultural Transformation According to Kowske et al. (2010) and Holt, Marques, and Way (2012), cultural transformations for Generation Y came in the form of increased oversight by both parents and the U.S. Government, brought about by safety innovations, changes in family dynamics and new government regulations, and focus on team building exercises in both academia and through extracurricular activities such as sports (p. 266; p. 82). Per Holt et al. (2012), these changes lead to a generation that…

Ensuring Care for Aging Baby Boomers This is about the Baby Boomer generation. Those are people born, between 1946 to 1964, and what they are facing as they are aging. I have chosen to write about two subjects. Such as Medical care costs and not having enough Home Health Care workers to take care of them. Can we afford not to have trained workers or to pay the money to get the help they need? In several articles I have read the article named “The Boomer Challenge” by Paul Barr that there…

Creating a Welcoming Workplace for the Older Worker Most organizations have diverse generational cohorts, accounting for veterans, baby boomers, generation X, and generation Y. Senior nurses contribute significantly to the workforce through calmness, experience, professional commitment, hard-work ethic, and decision-making skills (Hatcher, 2006). NM has a responsibility to the organization to alleviate the barriers experienced by the senior staff in the healthcare environment. NM can impact…

good for you and your baby”. Yes, that is true. Only a few things in this world benefit both the giver and the taker alike, breastfeeding is one among them. It benefits you and your baby equally, that too in numerous ways. If no one has told you the many reasons why your little one should be breastfed, read on: Benefits of breastfeeding for your baby Breastmilk is an ideal mix of all nutrients…