Over the past few years, the increasing cases of neglect among the aging population have raised concern among the general public and especially in the United States. The rising number of old people is mounting a lot of pressure on social services as well as the working population. This pressure is in turn
generating a lot of friction within social caregivers and the resources and funding required to stay afloat leading to a lot of families opting to offer social support to their elderly.
Similarly, the numbers of old people are projected to grow profoundly and furthermore to occupy 62% of the population by the year 2030 (Pickard et al., 2000). It is from these figures that families and friends are encouraged to take up the mantle in offering informal social support to the elderly in an attempt to prevent over-reliance on the nation's budget as well as social funds.
[...] England. Schofield, H., Bloch, S., Herrman, H., Murphy, B., Nankervis, J. & Singh, B. (1998). Family Caregivers: Disability, Illness and Aging. Allen and Unwin: St Leonards, New South Wales. [...]
[...] Programs such as local carpentry classes or home refurbishment, not only pay for the costs of taking care of the elderly but also help in harnessing some of the skills the old people possess. With old age comes the issue of dependence. More and more elderly people tend to be dependent on their immediate care-givers and this is why families are being urged to chip in to avoid too much over-reliance on social care. Promoting independence not only guarantees the old supplementary income but it also provides the workforce with reserve manpower in case of insufficient manpower (Kendig, Hashimoto & Coppard, 1992). [...]
[...] The rising number of old people is mounting a lot of pressure on social services as well as the working population. This pressure is in turn generating a lot of friction within social caregivers and the resources and funding required to stay afloat leading to a lot of families opting to offer social support to their elderly. Similarly, the numbers of old people are projected to grow profoundly and furthermore to occupy 62% of the population by the year 2030 (Pickard et al., 2000). [...]
[...] The impact brought about by such a population means that more people will fall under the care of social services and their corresponding family members. However, a question arises what if they have no families to turn back to? In such a case, that is when the government as well as the general society comes in. The government is thus indebted to care for the old through funding programs such as the National Security Funds and is furthermore liable to ensure that there are enough jobs to sustain both the old and the young population in the country (Novak, 2008). [...]
[...] (1992), Family Support for The Elderly: The International Experience. Oxford University Press: Oxford. Novak, M. (2008). Issues in Aging, 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall: NJ. Pickard, L., Wittenberg, R., Comas-Herrera, A., Davies, B. and Darton, R. (2000), Relying on Informal Care in the New Century? Informal care for elderly people in England to 2031, Aging and Society. [...]
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