Abstract
This paper examines a number of issues related to aging, providing the student's personal reflections on aging and concerns about Alzheimer's disease and and cancer-causing substances prescribed by doctors.

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"My attitude and philosophy toward aging include both positive and negative components. On the positive side, I enjoy life more now that I am older than when I was younger. I believe that aging has helped me to see things in life from a better vantage point as many things that bothered me when I was in my teens no longer disturb me. In addition, I have gradually learned more about a variety of things including how to deal with other people and that increased knowledge has..."

Tags:gerontology, elderly, elder, old age, nursing home, cancer, antibiotic, Alzheimer's disease

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This paper is a research proposal for a project that will attempt to determine the relative importance of the aging of the baby boomer generation. The paper explains the three main issues concerning the aging baby boomer population that the project will address. These issues to be studied are the perceived cost of lost labor by the actual retirement of the baby boomers, what steps people entering the labor force today are taking to address this, the perceived national financial projections for overall benefit procurement for baby boomers according to their children, and perceived projected costs to individual families for care and assistance of those people retiring, today and over the next twenty to thirty years.

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"The generation in America known as the baby boomers, born after WWII between roughly the years 1946 and 1964, is a significant part of the population today. Those individuals are aging, just as we all are and will within the next twenty plus years become a population of people in need of those services associated with aging. "In 2011, the oldest boomers will turn 65, retirement age. And for at least 20 years after that, we'll hear more than we want to hear abut their Medicare coverage and retirement finances. " (Williamson) Services that mainly consist of medical care and retirement benefits are costly and the generation of workers who are in their working prime today and who will be in the foreseeable future is a significantly smaller proportionate demographic than the baby boomers."

Tags:generation, u.s., elderly, medical, retirement, disability, demographic, nation, nursing, home, care

Abstract
The paper reveals that between 7 and 16 millions children between the ages of 6 and 12 are latchkey children who stay home alone, responsible for themselves and/or a younger sibling an average of 5 or more hours per day. The paper maintains that home safety courses are essential to assure the child both understands the sense of urgency and responsibility, as well as how to respond appropriately in a variety of instances. This paper outlines a course prepared for Mary Law Private School in California for 5th and 6th graders.

From the Paper
"According to Huang (2005) between 7 and 16 million children are considered latchkey children - children aged 6 - 12 years of age who are either alone or supervised by a sibling 13 years of age or younger (Tout as cited by Conan, 2003). While some parents risk being cited legally for child endangerment, often the need for forcing children to stay home unattended is a combination of availability of after-school programs and how affordable programs are (Tout as cited by Conan, 2003). As a result, programs that train children in responsibility and home safety are on the increase (Huang, 2005). In California, Proposition 49 would provide for state funding for After School Safety programs as a school board requirement in order to assure regular funding."

Tags:latchkey, home, safety

Abstract
This paper critiques a study done on whether seniors understood the risks of moving to a nursing home. The stated research question was how best to provide long-term care services for the aging US population over the 21st century. The means of gathering data as well as the study's limitations are presented. The author concludes that the findings of this study could be somewhat useful, but may be too generic for any immediate solution, with the exception that younger people probably need to be more fully educated in the statistics that they are facing later.

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"In the Health Services Research report by Donald H. Taylor, Jr. Jan Osterman, S. Will Acuff and Truis Ostbye, the abstract's stated objective is to determine whether seniors understand their risk of moving to a nursing home. The conclusion, however, addresses why the study was done, which is to determine whether low rates of private long-term care insurance are a result of seniors underestimating their personal risk of moving to a nursing home. There is no clear hypothesis stated as a basis for the study. Further, on page 6 of the study, the second paragraph clarifies that the focus of the study is, in fact, on two questions: a) Do individual's beliefs about their likelihood of moving to a nursing home predict their actual move to one and, b) do individuals over or underestimate their likelihood of moving to a nursing home? These questions, combined, make a more cohesive focus to address the overall purpose of the study, which is, finally, how to best provide long-term care services for the aging US population over the 21st century. Once that is established, it is easier to interpret the study."

Tags:seniors, nursing, homes, research, methods

Abstract
This paper discusses topics of aging such as government health promotion, age limits for public office holders, aging, Social Security, Medicare, prescription coverage, economic security, life-extending medical care, nursing homes, early retirement, where to die, aging and ethnicity, socioeconmics and gender.

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"Long term care insurance covers medical and/or non-medical support services during prolonged illness, mental incapacity or disability and can include such things as assistance with the activities of daily living; bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, incontinence or transferring from bed to chair etc., and may include grocery shopping, laundry, meal preparation, managing medications, transportation and various types of medical therapies. The care can be provided in a variety of settings including one's own home, adult or group, family homes, assisted living facilities, nursing homes and continuing care retirement..."

Tags:age, economics, health, social security, medicare

Abstract
The writer asserts that adult children are expected to provide care for their aging parents for several reasons today. The writer discusses the longer life expectancy of aging people, the fact that care has shifted from the hospital to the home, and the fact that adult children are expected to provide long-term care and support for their ageing parents (Gans, 2006). This paper discusses the dilemmas faced by adult children as they contemplate the prospect of care as well as attempt to provide the care. The paper shows how essentially, what adult children experience is a contradictory tension between conflict and a sense of solidarity with their parents (Lowenstein, 2007).

From the Paper
"I believe that adult children are expected to provide care for their aging parents for several reasons today. One factor consists of the longer life expectancy of aging people. Another is that care has shifted from the hospital to the home. As a result, adult children are expected to provide long-term care and support for their ageing parents (Gans, 2006). This paper will discuss the dilemmas faced by adult children as they contemplate the prospect of care as well as attempt to provide the care. Essentially, what adult children experience is a contradictory tension..."

Tags:care, conflict, ambivalence

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The paper discusses how we are living longer and that means we will need more income or savings to continue a carefree comfortable life. The paper asserts that while physical and mental health are vital, having money to survive without strain is most important. The paper offers the advice to be selfish, do not scrimp and do without in order to leave something to the kids. The paper offers the suggestion to reverse the mortgage to stay in the house, possibly downsize, move to a retirement community and be prepared with long-term care insurance if they are needed to be in nursing home.

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"Since people are living longer, aging is becoming a more serious problem medically, economically and psychologically. While there are HMO's and Medicare and Gerontologists to handle the physical and mental problems, there are very few professionals (unless they are trying to sell something) who can help the elderly deal with their retirement income. For this brief overview, we concentrate on a middle-class aging couple and provide some do's and don'ts as well as priorities for a stress-free remainder of their lives. Perhaps the first priority for an aging couple is one seldom talked about..."

Tags:reverse mortgage, retirement communities, long, term insurance

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The paper explores the literature to determine the position of both the advocates and critics of home schooling. The paper reveals that home schooled children consistently outperform their mainstream counterparts, they have better adaptability skills, relate better to a wider range of age groups and have no problems with violence. The paper concludes that these studies definitely suggest that home schooling offers more than just educational benefits.

Outline:
Abstract
Review of the Literature
Background and Overview
Are You Ready to Rumble?
What the Advocates Say About Home Schooling
What the Critics Say About Home Schooling
Analysis and Discussion
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Home schooling has experienced an enormous amount of attention over the decade. Home schooling is a form of education in which most of a child's instruction is conducted in the home. Home schooling, once largely regarded as being the sole territory of fundamentalist Christians or far-left hippies, the home school movement has become more mainstream today. Home schooling is now legal in all 50 states, although requirements vary widely from none to highly restrictive. The research shows that between 850,000 and 1.3 million U.S. children ages 6 to 18 are home schooled, and there is an impressive amount of educational material and support available for any and all educational philosophies. By and large, home schooled students tend to score at the top on standardized tests, display little gender gap in test scores (girls and boys do equally well), watch less television, have more time to pursue their own interests and gain admission to selective colleges in record numbers."

Tags:violence, skills, tests, peers, adaptibility

Abstract
This study investigated the effects of home-based counseling in improving the personal self-concept, overall social behavior and academic achievement of inner city at-risk African American adolescents, aged 12 to 21. It was hypothesized that if a counselor could be exposed to, and take into consideration, the at-risk adolescent?s home and community environment, a holistic outlook might be beneficial in recommending effective, successful intervention tactics with both short and long term benefits.

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"The concept of home-based visits and counseling is not new: in recent decades, mental health professionals have been visiting their clients in their homes for a variety of reasons including the provision of services to those unlikely or unwilling to seek out and maintain regular contact in more traditional settings and to provide comprehensive, integrated treatment approaches for clients with multidimensional needs. Clinical observation and empirical research supports the potential effectiveness of home-based services. Appropriate intervention can help individual clients and families in crisis or at risk to be served, stabilized and supported in their own homes; research also supports the fact that clients, whether individuals or families, facing multiple problems of poverty, few social supports, severe psychosocial disturbance, social stigma and prejudice, and limited access to employment, housing and other resources often need ongoing support to sustain a successful environment from which a student may confidently base academic achievement .and crisis free living. (Newton, 30-31)."

Tags:learn, counsel, treatment, therapy, african, culture, students

Abstract
This paper discusses the case of Carl and Estrella whose adult children must help them decide what to do about Carl's declining memory and Estrella's incapacitation due to a stroke. The paper also addresses larger issues in adult human development. Written in a first person perspective, the paper also offers suggestions for resolving their issues.

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"Many adult children today find themselves in the same situation as Carl and Estrella's children, Praver writes. Once the responsibility of parents, decision making is often in the hands of adult children. I would want to approach the situation by explaining the options that are available to help Carl and Estrella solve their problem. Advocacy is not..."

Tags:memory, decision making, adult children, home health care, finances