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ESOL100 - Assignment Guide

Introduction to This Guide

This guide is for ESOL 100 students researching this topic:

"Governments should not invest so much in helping people live 100 years or longer. An aging population will cause problems for society. To what extent do you agree/disagree?"

Use the articles below and/or the research tips on the next page to help yourself complete the assignment.

Recommended Academic Articles for Background Information

Background information includes definitions, basic facts, context, and history. Different background resources have different distributions of each for a given topic.

Doing background research to get background information makes the rest of the research process easier.
Even though doing background research might seem so familiar as to be trivial, it's an important part of the research process.
Read one or more of the articles below to learn some basic facts about elderly populations.
You can Ask a Librarian for help finding more background articles.

Great-Grandparenthood
What roles do great-grandparents play in the lives of their families?
Health Care (2024)
Can the industry recover from shortages?
Social Security (2024)
Will Congress act to shore up its financing?
Aging and Mental Health (2023)
Can the U.S. health system handle the needs of an expanding older population?
Health Care Policy (2023)
Will extended subsidies further reduce the number of uninsured Americans?
Modern Way of Death (2023)
Are new approaches changing attitudes on mortality?
Caregiving Crunch (2019)
Should government step in to help?
The Retirement Crunch (2019)
Are wage earners saving enough for life after work?
Senior Moment (2019)
Discusses the retirement of the U.S. baby boomer generation in relation to government policy. Topics include costs of caregiving for elderly people in the U.S.

Recommended Academic Articles from Scholarly Journals

Scholarly publications are written by experts in specific fields, containing original research and analysis. They undergo rigorous peer review, ensuring high-quality and reliable information.

Scholarly articles are collected in scholarly journals (also called academic, peer-reviewed, or refereed journals), which are platforms for academics to share their research with their scholarly community.
Below is a sampling of articles from scholarly journals that might help further your research.
You can Ask a Librarian for help finding more scholarly articles.

Associations Between Grandparent Involvement and Psychological Difficulties in Adolescents Facing Family Adversity (2022)
This study looks to see if there is a positive protective factor for adolescents (who face high levels of family adversity) to have grandparents involved in their lives.
A Comparative Perspective on Long‐term Care Systems. (2022)
This article examines the future care demands of an ageing population in 30 developed countries, identifies challenges such as workforce shortages and access barriers, and explores solutions by comparing care systems in Germany, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and the Netherlands.
Patterns of Collaboration among Health Care and Social Services Providers in Communities with Lower Health Care Utilization and Costs (2018)
The purpose of this study was to understand how health care providers and social services providers coordinate their work in communities that achieve relatively low health care utilization and costs for older adults. NOTE:Article begins on page 10 of the PDF.
Working Late: Policy Relevance for Older Workers in the United States (2016)
A number of significant pieces of legislation have been enacted over the past several decades that should be making continued employment at later ages easier, more attractive, or more essential financially. This paper examines those policies.
The Benefits Associated With Volunteering Among Seniors: A Critical Review and Recommendations for Future Research
This article reviews evidence on the benefits of older adults volunteering, both for themselves and for society.

Other Reliable Sources

United Nations Principles for Older Persons (Resolution 46/91)
This resolution, passed by the United Nations in 1991, outlined 5 themes with regard to older persons in society: independence, participation, care, self-fulfilment and dignity.
World Health Organization: Ageing and Health
The World Health Organization's Ageing and Health Division includes links to studies on ageing and how to support ageing populations around the world.
World Health Organization: Ageism Is a Global Challenge
This article addresses the causes and cost of ageism.

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