scholarly journals Integrated ageing : an architectural strategy for the ageing baby boomers

Author(s):  
Jessica Feldman Rotenberg

The Baby Boomer generation has exerted significant influence within Canadian society. This power will continue to strengthen as Baby Boomers will redefine their lives in their golden years. The sheer volume of this generation has continuously affected economic and political clout, which constantly alters society. The current model of traditional institutional care, which keeps the elderly apart from their community to receive additional healthcare, will no longer be a suitable option for the Baby Boomers. As such, an investigation into an alternative solution for senior living is needed in order to provide an adequate environment to support this powerful and diverse elderly Baby boomer generation. This thesis establishes architectural strategies that address the fundamental theory that encourages ageing in a place within the community, allowing for a "society for all ages." This thesis also identifies how architecture can reduce the reliance of formal care through providing social connectivity within an intergenerational setting, which promotes independence and community support. The result is an architectural exploration reinterpreting the way we design for the ageing Baby Boomer population by creating unique spatial relationships that provide the opportunity for the community to engage in social activities.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Feldman Rotenberg

The Baby Boomer generation has exerted significant influence within Canadian society. This power will continue to strengthen as Baby Boomers will redefine their lives in their golden years. The sheer volume of this generation has continuously affected economic and political clout, which constantly alters society. The current model of traditional institutional care, which keeps the elderly apart from their community to receive additional healthcare, will no longer be a suitable option for the Baby Boomers. As such, an investigation into an alternative solution for senior living is needed in order to provide an adequate environment to support this powerful and diverse elderly Baby boomer generation. This thesis establishes architectural strategies that address the fundamental theory that encourages ageing in a place within the community, allowing for a "society for all ages." This thesis also identifies how architecture can reduce the reliance of formal care through providing social connectivity within an intergenerational setting, which promotes independence and community support. The result is an architectural exploration reinterpreting the way we design for the ageing Baby Boomer population by creating unique spatial relationships that provide the opportunity for the community to engage in social activities.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunyang Park

Baby boomers are defined as the demographics born during post-World War II between the years 1946 and 1965. As of 2016, boomers are in their 50s and 60s. As a group, they are interested in pursuing a healthy lifestyle and are willing to invest time and money in maintaining healthy bodies. Yoga, a mind body practice, is an appealing option for this group. A current U.S. national study showed that yoga practitioners over the age of 49 are the second largest group comprising 38% of the yoga practitioners. However, the boomer yoga practitioners do not have many choices when it comes to shopping for yoga wear. Manufacturers of active wear produce the same yoga wear for individuals regardless of age, even though the baby boomer market has different clothing needs and garment design preferences. This study explored baby boomers’ clothing needs and preferences in yoga wear.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Luh Surya Dewi

ABSTRACT            This study examines the interest of the baby boomer generation into angkringan consumers. The concept of culinary attraction includes diversity of culinary activities, typical food, convenient and clean location, unique and attractive venue design, good service, competitive market, price and value proportion, opportunity to socialize, cultural interaction with culinary, Family atmosphere, attractive environment, traditional, national and international products.            The informants used in this study were eight informants, namely four baby boomer customers and four angkringan owners. Data collection is done by interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis techniques are used to analyze qualitative method data.            This study concluded that not only the millennial generation was affected by globalization. This can be seen from the millennial lifestyle style that mostly hang out, chat with friends and gatherings, but baby boomers also enjoy the influence of globalization. There are also many baby boomers who do the same thing, like hanging out at the end, gathering with friends and reunions and enjoying the moment or the past. This research is useful for customers and sellers that globalization not only has a negative influence but also a positive influence, one of which is like hanging out. It's a life style or western lifestyle. While drinking while hanging out, chatting and gathering. Can remember the past and get back or repeat the first moments.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunyang Park

Baby boomers are defined as the demographics born during post-World War II between the years 1946 and 1965. As of 2016, boomers are in their 50s and 60s. As a group, they are interested in pursuing a healthy lifestyle and are willing to invest time and money in maintaining healthy bodies. Yoga, a mind body practice, is an appealing option for this group. A current U.S. national study showed that yoga practitioners over the age of 49 are the second largest group comprising 38% of the yoga practitioners. However, the boomer yoga practitioners do not have many choices when it comes to shopping for yoga wear. Manufacturers of active wear produce the same yoga wear for individuals regardless of age, even though the baby boomer market has different clothing needs and garment design preferences. This study explored baby boomers’ clothing needs and preferences in yoga wear.


2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Whitney Gibson ◽  
J. Preston Jones ◽  
Jennifer Cella ◽  
Cory Clark ◽  
Alexandra Epstein ◽  
...  

This paper considers the issues and challenges associated with ageism relating to the Baby Boomer generation in Corporate America.  Stereotypes about older workers are examined along with types of discrimination facing Boomers.  The TEAM approach is proposed to combat ageism in the workplace.  The strategy includes using intergenerational teams, education and training, awareness, accountability, and accommodation and mentoring as key components.


2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
Dipa Mulia

This study aims to distinguish the risks perceived by the millennial generation and the risks perceived by baby boomer generations when transacting online. The number of samples used in this study was one hundred thirty-five respondents. Criteria for respondents are people who have done online transactions in the generation being studied. This study uses a discriminant analysis conducted by a study of three types of risk perceived by respondents, product risk, financial risk, and shipping risk. The result showed there are statistically significant differences in the risks perceived by the millennial generation and the baby boomer generation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Król

Considerations contained in the article cover the issues of labor market leaving models and their evaluation by the representatives of two generations: one ending and the other beginning its professional activity. Consecutive parts of the article present brief characterizations of the generations under scrutiny (Baby Boomers and Generation Z), discuss the labor market leaving models that were the subject of evaluation (the rigid, flexible, and gradual models), and showcase the results of a survey carried out among 567 representatives of the two generations. An attempt was made to verify the research hypothesis on the basis of the survey results. That hypothesis assumed the existence of differences in the evaluation of labor market leaving models by representatives of Baby Boomers and Generation Z and posited that representatives of Generation Z rate the flexible and gradual models higher than representatives of the Baby Boomer generation, while the Baby Boomer generation rates the rigid model higher than Generation Z.


SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401986149
Author(s):  
Soner Polat ◽  
Çaǧlar Çelik ◽  
Yıldız Okçu

The aim of this study was to examine the perspective of school administrators with regard to teachers from different generations. In this study, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of each generation were examined. This study was conducted as a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) analysis. The study group consisted of 26 school administrators from the Dilovası district of Kocaeli province, Turkey. According to the school administrators, the Baby Boomer generation shows their strengths with discipline and experience, Generation X with determination, and Generation Y with their abilities in technology. As for the weaknesses of each generation, Baby Boomers are against innovation and disobedient of the management, Generation X claims to know everything, and Generation Y is inexperienced. What creates opportunities for schools is that Baby Boomers manage crises and transfer experience, Generation X acts as a bridge between the generations, and Generation Y applies new methods in education. For the threats of different generations to the school, the school administrators stated that Baby Boomers hinder innovation, Generation X is disloyal, and Generation Y is inexperienced and against the system.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Nicole Horáková ◽  
Jan Kajfosz

The European society is getting older and nobody knows how to deal with this problem. There are different models from family care, special housing for elderly to professional institutional care, which has the disadvantage of being very expensive. In Germany we have noticed in the last two or three years a special trend to send old people suffering from dementia to foreign countries, because these people need intensive care and the social services for example in Poland have a high standard. The aim of our survey is to dismantle, by the example of the private care institution situated in Poland, Upper Silesia which specializes on German customers, the social practices associated with placing the elderly in such institutions and also the methods of constructing meanings of these practices providing clarity in the various groups that take part in this process. To reach this aim we used qualitative field research, including discourse and narrative analysis of various materials (interviews, promotional texts, websites), which beside other things allowed us to reconstruct the media image of the surveyed residences for the elderly and show it in a wider context.


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