SA 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dementia, Hearing Aid, Social Stratification

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 420
• Professor: Andrew Wister

Document Summary

Chapter 1: aging issues related o population dynamics- country wide or population wide or individual experiences: conceptual and theoretical framework (cid:1) Ina country like canada- 2011 census data 58% are 65 and over. (cid:1) (cid:1) It is more of a dynamic fluid process. In the age in this course the focus will be on mid life and older (cid:1) life. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Near 20 years there is a big fault in our age structure. The 2nd most increasing age group is 100 and over (7000 in number). (cid:1) (cid:1) There are 15% or the median age is 40"s. it is relevant in terms of substantive issues. (cid:1) Headlines that are chosen are from newspaper articles. For example: raising in stats- older people and the taxes to pay don the national debt. The future of social programs in 1994. (cid:1) Pension plans- global mail 1998- market will clash and pension wil be decreased.