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Monika White, PhD, MSW, Guest Editor Selecting a focus for this issue of the GCM Journal on Baby Boomer Trends was tough because the Boomer Generation affects just about every aspect of our current and future lives, both personally and professionally. Somewhere between 76 – 79 million strong (depending who you ask), we are rapidly…
Anna Liotta Effective communication in today’s multi-generational business world requires careful navigation. This is especially true in a workforce now comprised of four distinct generations – Millennials (Gen Y), Generation Xers, Baby Boomers, and Traditionalists – all of whom bring their own ideas, expectations, and fears to the job. Due to their different formative experiences,…
Claudia Cook Considering the paradigm-busting history of the Boomer generation, why would anyone apply yesterday’s thinking about aging and retirement to tomorrow’s possibilities? Ken Dychtwald, PhD, CEO of Age Wave The 77 million aging Baby Boomer population opens great opportunities for the Geriatric Care Management (GCM) field. Since many Boomers enter their retirement years with…
Monika White, PhD, MSW Introduction Most of us in the field have heard Bill Geist’s often-quoted statistic from his 1997 book, The Big 5-Oh, that every seven seconds someone turns 50. The 50-year olds he referred to were the early Baby Boomers. By 2006, they turned 60 and, on January 1, 2011, they began to…
Kathryn G. Kietzman, PhD, MSW Summary A number of provisions within the Affordable Care Act encourage the use of a “person-centered” approach and enhanced care coordination in the delivery of health care, long-term services, and supports to older adults and persons with disabilities. This article examines the origins and meaning of “person-centered” care, provides a…
