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Americans fear for a future where they age without adequate social support for older adults. According to the newly released Survey on Aging in America, published Tuesday, the vast majority of ...
America is aging -- as a country. As of last year about one in seven Americans was older than 65, and by 2030 it will be closer to one in five Americans. Aging impacts all of us, regardless of how ...
An aging population has implications for social-welfare programs. [5] The U.S. federal social security system functions through collecting payroll taxes to support older citizens. [ 91 ] It is possible that a smaller workforce, coupled with increased numbers of longer-living elderly, may have a negative impact on the social security system.
Nationally and in every state, the minimum cost of living for older adults calculated by the Elder Index far exceeds the federal poverty line, the most widely used measure of economic insufficiency.
Robert L. Clark, an economist at North Carolina State University who specializes in aging issues, formerly served as a chairman of a national panel on Social Security's financial status; he has said that future options for Social Security are clear: "You either raise taxes or you cut benefits. There are lots of ways to do both."
In Western societies, for example, both the old and the young are perceived and treated as relatively incompetent and excluded from much social life. Age stratification based on an ascribed status is a major source inequality, and thus may lead to ageism. [2] Ageism is a social inequality resulting from age stratification.
Research presented at the American Society for Nutrition's Nutrition 2023 conference found that adopting eight healthy lifestyle habits by middle age can help a person live longer compared to ...
The Gerontological Society of America, along with the American Geriatrics Society [3] advocated for the formation of a National Gerontological Institute. These efforts bore fruit in 1974 when President Richard Nixon signed legislation to create the National Institute on Aging [4] (NIA). In 1946, GSA began publishing Journal of Gerontology.