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Social Problems in the News<\/h4>\n

\u201cStill Working: Economy Forcing Retirees to Re-enter Workforce,\u201d the headline said. The story featured four seniors, ranging in age from 66 to their eighties, in southern California who had retired several years ago but were now trying to get back into the labor force. Because of the faltering economy and rising costs, they were having trouble affording their retirement. They were also having trouble finding a job, in part because they lacked the computer skills that are virtually a necessity in today\u2019s world to find and perform a job. One of the unemployed seniors was a retired warehouse worker who did not know how to fill out a job application online. He said, \u201cTo say I have computer skills\u2014no, I don\u2019t. But I can learn. I will do anything to get work.\u201d An official in California\u2019s Office on Aging indicated that employers who hire older people would be happy they did so: \u201cYou know the person\u2019s going to come in and you know they\u2019re going to accomplish something while they\u2019re there. And, they are a wellspring of knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:<\/em> Barkas, 2011<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

The number of older Americans is growing rapidly. As this news story suggests, they have much to contribute to our society. Yet they also encounter various problems because of their advanced age. We appreciate our elderly but also consider them something of a burden. We also hold unfortunate stereotypes of them and seemingly view old age as something to be shunned. Television commercials and other advertisements extol the virtues of staying young by \u201cwashing away the gray\u201d and by removing all facial wrinkles. In our youth-obsessed culture, older people seem to be second-class citizens. This chapter discusses views about aging and the ways in which old age is a source of inequality.<\/p>\n\n

References<\/h2>\n\nBarkas, S. (2011, September 5). Still working: Economy forcing retirees to re-enter workforce. The Desert Sun<\/em>. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.mydesert.com<\/a>.","rendered":"
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Social Problems in the News<\/h4>\n

\u201cStill Working: Economy Forcing Retirees to Re-enter Workforce,\u201d the headline said. The story featured four seniors, ranging in age from 66 to their eighties, in southern California who had retired several years ago but were now trying to get back into the labor force. Because of the faltering economy and rising costs, they were having trouble affording their retirement. They were also having trouble finding a job, in part because they lacked the computer skills that are virtually a necessity in today\u2019s world to find and perform a job. One of the unemployed seniors was a retired warehouse worker who did not know how to fill out a job application online. He said, \u201cTo say I have computer skills\u2014no, I don\u2019t. But I can learn. I will do anything to get work.\u201d An official in California\u2019s Office on Aging indicated that employers who hire older people would be happy they did so: \u201cYou know the person\u2019s going to come in and you know they\u2019re going to accomplish something while they\u2019re there. And, they are a wellspring of knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:<\/em> Barkas, 2011<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The number of older Americans is growing rapidly. As this news story suggests, they have much to contribute to our society. Yet they also encounter various problems because of their advanced age. We appreciate our elderly but also consider them something of a burden. We also hold unfortunate stereotypes of them and seemingly view old age as something to be shunned. Television commercials and other advertisements extol the virtues of staying young by \u201cwashing away the gray\u201d and by removing all facial wrinkles. In our youth-obsessed culture, older people seem to be second-class citizens. This chapter discusses views about aging and the ways in which old age is a source of inequality.<\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n

Barkas, S. (2011, September 5). Still working: Economy forcing retirees to re-enter workforce. The Desert Sun<\/em>. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.mydesert.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-144","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-socialproblems\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-socialproblems\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-socialproblems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-socialproblems\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-socialproblems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-socialproblems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-socialproblems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}