Aging Population In The United States

This paper will discuss the aging (elderly) population of the United States; there has been a significant increase in elderly population since 2011. The elderly population is defined as those individuals aged 65 and over (Hogan, Ortman, and Velkoff, 2014.) However, this increase is largely responsible due to the baby boomers, as they began to turn 65 in 2011; however it is projected that by 2050, the surviving baby boomers will be over the age 85 (Hogan, Perez, and Bell, 2008.) This population consists of about 83.7 million individual which this number has double since 2012. In this paper it will discuss challenges that the older population faces with Medicare and social security.
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Due to longer life expectancy, this has caused a shift in the family structure; when the US experienced the recession in 2007, many couples eliminated expanding their family as a result of this economical change. However, when it comes to caring for the elderly in the 21st century it is more rigorous, women often take responsibility for caring for our elders but this difficult because more women have entered the workforce (Bookman and Kibrel, 2011). Which makes caring for our elders more difficult which determines why the aging community is more likely to seek assistance through social services to access benefits regarding to social security and Medicare. Challenges with Medicare that the elderly faces includes but is not limited to financing, affordability, management of chronic diseases, growth of Medicare advantages and delivery system reform while these issue are challenging enough you have to emphasis the issues facing social security. Social security faces many challenges but particular the most important is budgeting, throughout this paper we will further investigate these listed challenges and identify strength with the elderly