The Age Wave Is Coming. Ken Dychtwald.
by Dychtwald, Ken; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 56Family. Publisher: Public Management, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Aged -- Economic conditions | Aged -- Health and hygiene | Aged -- Medical care | Aged consumers | Aging | Baby boom generation (1946-1964) | Demographic transition | Lifestyles | Medical care -- Forecasting | Retirement -- Planning | United States -- Economic conditions | United States -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "After dropping for centuries, from below 7.0 births per woman in the late 1700s to 2.1 in the 1930s, the birth rate rose to 3.8 in a postwar fertility boom that produced 76 million children--nearly one-third of the United States' population--between 1946 and 1964. The force of this demographic quake has been reverberating through society's institutions ever since. Although it began as a straightforward boom in births, it now is rising into an age wave, destined to crash upon society's shores, transforming most things in its path." (PUBLIC MANAGEMENT) The author discusses his belief "that there are four key, aging-related crises toward which the boomers are currently heading" and offers his suggestions for corrective action.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Age Wave Is Coming, July 2003; pp. 6-10.
"After dropping for centuries, from below 7.0 births per woman in the late 1700s to 2.1 in the 1930s, the birth rate rose to 3.8 in a postwar fertility boom that produced 76 million children--nearly one-third of the United States' population--between 1946 and 1964. The force of this demographic quake has been reverberating through society's institutions ever since. Although it began as a straightforward boom in births, it now is rising into an age wave, destined to crash upon society's shores, transforming most things in its path." (PUBLIC MANAGEMENT) The author discusses his belief "that there are four key, aging-related crises toward which the boomers are currently heading" and offers his suggestions for corrective action.
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