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- Title
The Aging Are Coming and They Are Us.
- Authors
Galambos, Colleen; Rosen, Anita
- Abstract
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared 1999 the International Year of Older Persons. This UN international year seeks to have each member country develop specific programs on the national and local level in relation to an intergenerational theme of "towards a society for all ages." During the 20th century the percentage of Americans 65 and older has more than tripled and the number has increased nearly 11 times to almost 34 million today. This enormous growth of older people will continue well into the 21st century, particularly when the Baby Boomer population begins turning 65. What are the implications of this unprecedented worldwide aging phenomenon for the social work profession and particularly social workers whose primary focus of practice is in health? To address this question it is helpful to examine the broader conceptual framework for the International Year of Older Persons. The UN focus is on four major dimensions recognized as critical to this graying phenomenon: the situation of older people, life-long individual development, multigenerational relationships and the relationship between development and the aging of populations.
- Subjects
AGING; POPULATION; SOCIAL workers; UNITED Nations; OLDER people; HEALTH; SOCIAL services
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 1999, Vol 24, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/24.1.73