Healthcare Challenges: Demographic Shift due to Aging Population

Lack of Funding

Aging Diversity

Baby Boomers

Lack of Staff (Workplace Shortages)

Reduced Quality Care

Lack of Beds

Healthcare workers becoming fed up

Longer Patient Wait Times

Diseases/Chronic Illnesses

Elderly Population Rising

Language Barriers

Lack of New Technology Advancements

Lack of Staff

Lack of Resources

Overpopulated Healthcare Facilities

Increased Transportation to facilities/appointments

Emerging Diseases

No new cures for chronic illnesses

Diabetes, Cancer, Strokes/Heart Attacks (CVD)

New Generational Stereotypes

COVID-19

More Susceptible to Aging Population

New Strains

Covid-19 or common flu

Mass Hysteria

New Generation = Lazy

Not produce enough healthcare workers

New Generation = flighty (dont stay at jobs long)

People want to work from home

Sensitivity to language barriers

Sensitivity to cultural barriers

Sensitivity to age barrier

Sensitivity to baby boomers (mostly immigrants)

Coping Mechanisms

Smoking

Alcohol

Inaccessibility to healthcare

Medication Dependence

Healthcare Burnout

Increased Healthcare Cost