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A Profile of Georgia's Senior Population: Everything from A to Z
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Date added: 08/13/2008 |
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The Andrew Young School has prepared an extensive set of data tables that give a picture of Georgia’s elderly in a variety of areas. These tables include information on demographics, income, housing, veterans, Medicaid, Medicare and various health measures. A number of the tables compare Georgia to the other states and the southeastern region, and many tables have county breakdowns |
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Long Term Care
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Date added: 08/13/2008 |
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The aging "Baby Boomer" generation will be the most significant factor increasing the demand for long-term care services over the next half century. Tomorrow’s elderly (those age 60 and above) will have very different social, demographic, health, and economic characteristics than today’s elderly. Creating a "senior tsunami" beginning in 2011, this group will be more highly educated and exhibit more household diversity than previous generations entering traditional retirement age. The sheer size and inevitable aging of the Baby-Boom generation will continue to drive public policy debate, and the disabled older population will grow faster than the younger population, likely raising the economic burden of long-term care. |
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Selected Fiscal and Economic Implications of Aging
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Date added: 08/13/2008 |
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The graying of Georgia will have an effect on the overall economy, particularly the labor force, and on tax revenue and on the level, composition, and nature of public services. Governments need to determine how an aging population will affect them and plan carefully for the changes that are coming. A variety of agencies would be involved in such planning, which could make the process even more complicated. |
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Housing the Aging Baby Boomer
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Date added: 08/13/2008 |
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The baby boom generation has reached a new stage in its progression though life: retirement. The baby boomers are becoming the elderly, and many more will follow. This largest population cohort we have ever known has had massive impact on schools, public finance, and the economy in general as its members have moved through childhood and productive adulthood. Now that they enter retirement and old age, they will have massive new impacts on housing and our communities. What will these impacts be? |
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Interagency Collaboration
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Date added: 07/22/2008 |
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Over the next decade, public sector leaders will face significant trends that have the potential to transform the public sector workplace. One of the major challenges facing the public sector leader is identifying new ways to provide customer services. One area that must be addressed is the growing taxpayer expectation that government agencies collaborate more effectively, both within the agency’s own walls as well as outside those boundaries, with other like service providers. Effective collaboration will become more critical because of the need to provide comprehensive and innovative solutions that no one agency can produce alone. There will be an increasing demand for broader thinking around partnerships and networks. Yet, the IBM Center for the Business of Government indicates that, of all the potential trends facing public sector leadership, government is least prepared to build and maintain collaborative networks and partnerships . This paper presents a conceptual model for building collaborative service delivery mechanisms in the public sector. |
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