scholarly journals Attitudes of Nurses, and Student Nurses Towards Working with Older People and to Gerontological Nursing as a Career in Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan and the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Kydd ◽  
Gabriella Engström ◽  
Theris A Touhy ◽  
David Newman ◽  
Brigita Skela-Savič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older People ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gerontological Nursing

Newly Approved Novel Dosage Forms of Glucagon for Management of Severe Hypoglycemia

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-181
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Borden ◽  
Danial E. Baker ◽  
Terri L. Levien ◽  
Brian J. Gates
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older People ◽  
Severe Hypoglycemia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Dosage Forms ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Oral Glucose ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Increased Risk

The prevalence and clinical impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) continues to increase in the United States and throughout the world. Older adults are at increased risk for adverse outcomes associated with hypoglycemia, particularly in situations where a lack of awareness may arise because typical symptoms are not necessarily present, serve to prompt medical intervention with oral glucose. Glucagon emergency kits that have been available to date require multiple-step reconstitution that may compromise timely and appropriate administration of lifesaving glucagon treatment during episodes of severe hypoglycemia. In settings such as long-term care facilities, trained medical professionals may not be readily available, meaning that glucagon must be administered by laypersons. Novel dosage forms of glucagon that have recently been approved for marketing in the United States allow glucagon to be delivered more easily, which may positively impact effective treatment of severe hypoglycemia among older people. Nasal glucagon and glucagon autoinjection "pens" are as effective as glucagon kits and increase the likelihood glucagon will be appropriately used by patient caregivers. The safety, efficacy, and convenience of these new devices may improve outcomes and reduce health care costs of older people with diabetes.

Social Security

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry DeWitt ◽  
Edward D. Berkowitz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Older People ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
History Of ◽  
Government Benefits

This chapter considers the history of Social Security, arguing that the 1950 amendments represented the fundamental adjustment that allowed the program’s long-term survival. It analyzes current issues in Social Security related to gender, race, and the program’s long-term solvency. It concludes that Social Security has legitimized the receipt of government benefits among many Americans and changed the nature of old age in the United States by providing older people with a guaranteed means of support. A large and costly program, Social Security has evolved into the United States’ major antipoverty program. Nonetheless it faces the criticism of those who argue that it favors older people over other age groups and that it represents an inefficient form of government coercion. Whether the program will be sustained in the future or modified in a significant way remains a critical question.

scholarly journals Citizenship and structured dependency: the implications of policy design for senior political power

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEMMA M. CARNEY
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older People ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Target Populations ◽  
The Republic

ABSTRACTThis paper argues that the structured dependency thesis must be extended to incorporate political power. It outlines a political framework of analysis with which to identify who gains and who loses from social policy. I argue that public policy for older people is a product not only of social structures but also of political decision-making. The Schneider and Ingram (1993) ‘target populations’ model is used to investigate how the social construction of groups as dependent equates with lower levels of influence on policy making. In United Kingdom and European research, older people are identified as politically quiescent, but conversely in the United States seniors are viewed as one of the most influential and cohesive interest groups in the political culture. Why are American seniors perceived as politically powerful, while older people in Europe are viewed as dependent and politically weak? This paper applies the ‘target populations’ model to senior policy in the Republic of Ireland to investigate how theoretical work in the United States may be used to identify the significance of senior power in policy development. I conclude that research must recognise the connections between power, politics and social constructions to investigate how state policies can influence the likelihood that seniors will resist structured dependency using political means.

scholarly journals Inter-vivos giving by older people in the United States: who received financial gifts from the childless?

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1207-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL HURD
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older People ◽  
The United States ◽  
Financial Transfers ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Sense Of Obligation ◽  
Retirement Study ◽  
Inter Vivos

ABSTRACTInter-vivos financial transfers from older parents to their adult children are widespread in the United States. Childless people may simply make fewer transfers. On the other hand, because their giving is away from children, their decisions are more complex in that there are multiple potential targets of approximately equal attractiveness. Using data for 1996 to 2004 from the United States Health and Retirement Study, this article examines the differences between parents and childless older people in financial transfers to people other than their children. The results show that, overall, parents tend to give less than the childless to other people. However, some variation is found depending on the nature and target of the gift. Having children does not affect giving to charities but does reduce the prevalence of giving to parents, but not nearly as much as the reduction in giving to family and friends. It can therefore be concluded, first that there is little substitution between personal and impersonal transfers; secondly, that the sense of obligation to parents is not reduced by giving to charities or to children; and thirdly, that having children reduces the need to satisfy the desire for family and social ties by means of links to family and friends.

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