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ATTACHED IS WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT THAT IS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE FINAL PAPER:

WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT

Final Research Paper

How to Begin: This week you will incorporate feedback from the Week Three Assignment to complete the Final Research Paper. You will have formed your own conclusions about these issues, based on factual information and evidence from scholarly sources. At this point, you have examined the social aspects of aging. In addition, you have assessed the impact of aging on society in the areas of economics, discrimination, and political influence, and assessed the role of demographics on aging in terms of health, income, employment, and retirement. Moreover, you have had the opportunity to examine the numerous policies that are in existence for the purpose of assisting the aged in our society.

Task: The Final Research Paper will focus on the impact of a growing aging population in the United States and the aging population in general. This impact could be defined in terms of increased health care costs with simultaneous decreased economic contributions, increased housing needs, and a reduced proportion of the population contributing to Social Security. As you address the political embattlement related to programs for the aged (i.e., Medicaid, Medicare, Disability, Welfare and Supplemental Security Income, and The Older Americans Act), you must include the following elements, which you began in your outline assignment from Week Three:

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Explain the rapid increase in the older population using the demographic transition theory.

Analyze the implications of an increasing aging population for two or more of the following social issues:

The funding and availability of Social Security.

The funding and availability of Supplemental Retirement Income.

Work and retirement challenges facing seniors.

The funding and availability of adequate health care for seniors.

Summarize what the experts have written about the issues facing the United States in terms of the growing elderly population. How do experts suggest addressing these issues? Assess whether their conclusions are methodologically sound.

Assess how the growing aging population is going to impact the younger generations in terms of political power and their need for social support.

Evaluate the actions that are currently being taken to address these issues of having an increasing aging population. What have been the results of those actions? Justify which remedies you agree with, and support your conclusions with your scholarly research.

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1 POLITICAL EMBATTLEMENT Political Embattlement Sophia Caston SOC 304 Social Gerontology Instructor Theresa Ramsey August 4, 2014 2 Supplementary Security Income Introduction • Thesis: SSI is a need based assistance program for serving people • Supplementary Security Income is a United States government program • It provides stipends to low-income people who are blind and aged • This program funded from U.S. Treasury General Funds by the administration of Social Security Administration • It refers to retirement benefits, survivors’ benefits and disability benefits for people to qualify family Basic Background of Social Security Income • SSI is a federal income supplement program for designing to help disabled people • Providing cash to meet the basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter • SSI recipients can have their benefits whish are supplemented by Medicaid to help pay for doctor bills and healthcare costs Basic qualifications for SSI benefits • People must have limited outside income and resources, they must be a resident of United States • People must be a U.S. citizen 3 SSI payment details • Amounts of this program’s payments are set by congress annually and payments are typically adjusted in every January • The average monthly benefit of this program is $ 458 in Fiscal year 2007 • In 2009, the number of SSI program’s recipients is expected to exceed 7.3 million people • The main sources of SSI are Social Security Administration and Disability programs Federal living arrangements • Living arrangement A is for an individual in providing food from the rest of household • Living arrangement B is for an individual who had a minimum charge of income • Living arrangement C is for children who are living with at least one of their parents • Living arrangement D is for individuals who need basic requirements Conclusion • This program is reminiscent of old cash welfare program and Aid to families • Encouraging long term dependency and setting the stage for long-term dependence on tax payers • SSI has the ability of encouraging innovation and creating work-based alternatives • Allowing greater innovation for maximizing work incentives 4 Annotated Bibliographies Darlean Taylor-King . Parental Payment Abuse within the Supplemental Security Income Program. ProQuest, 2008.ISBN- 1109783264. This scholarly source discusses the historical aspects, evolutions, and current impacts of SSI. It also includes the expression of concerns about the payments caused by parents as representative for disabled minor children. The purpose of this study is to examine how the SSI program responded the concerns for authorities. Roland H. Miller. Supplemental Security Income: Action Needed on Long-Standing Problems Affecting Program Integrity. DIANE Publishing, 01-Jun-1998. ISBN-0788179705.this scholarly resource discusses the political and management problems of SSI and it includes the SSI program abuses, mismanagement, and SSI overpayment to recover the SSI debt. This resource also the social security reform and increased taxes. Harry S. Margolis . Elder Law Forms Manual: Essential Documents for Representing the Older Client 2008. Aspen Publishers Online, 21-Jul-1999.This scholarly resource discusses about the expression of SSI and political forms of SSI in helping disabled people and independent children. This article shares the insights and experience of social security reform and historical aspects of increased taxes in SSI. 5 Elizabeth Segal, Karen Gerdes, Sue Steiner. An Introduction to the Profession of Social Becoming a Change Agent. Cengage Learning, 16-Jan-2009.ISBN- 0495601705.This article provides the brief introduction and social work contribution of SSI. It also provide the benefits and yearly advantages, and modification of SSI in order to restructure the increased taxes, Social Security reform, or reduction in assistance. Charles Zastrow . Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare. Cengage Learning, 05-Mar-2013.ISBN- 128554580X. This scholarly resource explains the advantages of SSI for disabled people and children. It includes the aspects, federal funding details, social security reform of SSI. In addition to that, this resource provides the details of contribution of current impacts and historical evolutions of SSI for social security reform of SSI.
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