Table 1; "(Note: Reprinted from (Challenge 1, Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council, " n.d.) ... Apart from having a profound and devastating impact on dementia sufferers & their carers and families, Dementia poses a significant economic and social burden on our community, health and residential care systems. ... According to the AIHW publication ("Dementia in Australia, " 2012) the national health care expenditure figure for dementia care of $144.5 million in 2009 and 2010, this figure is potentially an underestimation as it only included expenditure where dementia had already...

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As a result, stroke is "a major drain on health-care funding" (Rothwell 1613). ... In the mid-80's, the new idea of assisted living was launched by the demands of the baby boomers who "sought out new types of elder care facilities for their parents" (Raymond 58). As the biggest contributors to the improvement of elder care, the baby boomers will soon face the same situation where they too will require extra medical help and Bob Cramer, director of the National Investment Conference, a non profit education forum based in Annapolis, Maryland, believes that "if the boomers want more for thei...

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Disadvantages to having elderly people in the workforce include, a reduced number of positions/opportunities that elderly workers can fill compared to those for younger workers (Special Committee on Aging, 2008), a tendency for decreased participation in training activities by older workers (Shea & Haasen, 2006), increased potential health issues in elderly workers that can lead to higher rates of absenteeism (CDC, 2012), and missed time due to having to care for sick relatives (Special Committee on Aging, 2008). ... This includes potential health problems of the worker as well health issues o...

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