Aging and Disabilities
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Aging and Disability Worksheet
Part I
Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Social Isolation 2. Retirement 3. Ageism
Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. * What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups because of their age. Ageism influences the presence of diversity because the people who are affected by ageism who have careers may lose their jobs due to the newer, younger, and cheaper people coming into the workplace to take over their job positions. If that was to take place they would no longer have health insurance if they was to get sick and not have enough money to live off as they get older. And no one else would want to take a chance on hiring them just because of their age then what would happen to them?
* What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)? How does the ADEA address issues for the aging population? The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 was passed by Congress as part of its broad legislative attack on employment discrimination in the 1960s and 1970s. Concerned with incidents of age bias in the workplace, Congress enacted the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. ADEA prohibit age based discrimination in employment decisions, benefit programs, and retirement plans. ADEA address issues for the aging by making it illegal to fail or refuse to hire or to get rid of an individual or discriminate against them with the respect to their compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
* What is being done to address the issues you identified? They have a lot of Adult Day Care centers where the elderly can go on a daily basic to be social
Aging and Disability Worksheet
Part I
Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Social Isolation 2. Retirement 3. Ageism
Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. * What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups because of their age. Ageism influences the presence of diversity because the people who are affected by ageism who have careers may lose their jobs due to the newer, younger, and cheaper people coming into the workplace to take over their job positions. If that was to take place they would no longer have health insurance if they was to get sick and not have enough money to live off as they get older. And no one else would want to take a chance on hiring them just because of their age then what would happen to them?
* What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)? How does the ADEA address issues for the aging population? The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 was passed by Congress as part of its broad legislative attack on employment discrimination in the 1960s and 1970s. Concerned with incidents of age bias in the workplace, Congress enacted the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. ADEA prohibit age based discrimination in employment decisions, benefit programs, and retirement plans. ADEA address issues for the aging by making it illegal to fail or refuse to hire or to get rid of an individual or discriminate against them with the respect to their compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
* What is being done to address the issues you identified? They have a lot of Adult Day Care centers where the elderly can go on a daily basic to be social