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Abstract
Explain the rapid increase in the older population using the demographic transition theory.
Categorize the consequences of having an increasing older population on the following:
Income and financial resources
Social Security
Who will pay?
How will it be paid?
Contrast what the experts think should be done.
Supplemental Security Income
Poverty in late life
Race/ethnicity
Gender
Work and retirement
Fewer people in the workforce to contribute to Social Security
What about those who cannot afford to retire?
Age discrimination
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Health and health care
Increasing numbers of elderly needing health care
Rising health care costs
Medicare and Medicaid
Who will pay?
How will it be paid for?
What do the experts say?
Summarize what the experts have written about the issues facing the United States in terms of the growing elderly population. How do experts suggest addressing these issues? Assess whether their conclusions are methodologically sound.
Assess how the rapidly increasing population of elders is going to impact the younger generations in terms of political power and their need for social support.
Evaluate what actions are currently being taken to address these issues of having an increasing older population. What have the results of those actions been?
Justify which remedies you agree with, and support your conclusions with your scholarly research.