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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"Baby Boomer"”.
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Baby boomer and Genx elementary principals : differing perspectives on schooling
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Baby Boomer Living: Designing a Modern Continuing Care Retirement Community
… U.S. generation in the midst of retirement, the Baby Boomer cohort is vastly changing the senior housing landscape. As the housing market gradually improves and the development of senior housing chases the increasing demand, Baby Boomers are a highly selective cohort with more buying and spending …
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An analysis of continuing education and development designed for baby-boomer alumni
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Modeling Solutions for Prevention of Medicare Insolvency for the Baby Boomer Generation (Born 1946 - 1964)
<p>Medicare, a United States social insurance program operated by the United States federal government, began operating in a deficit in the year 2010. More funding was expended than revenue received for medical care, creating significant shortfalls for the Medicare Trust Fund. This study examined …
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Understanding the communicative processes of baby boomer women adjusting to retirement: Connecting micro and macro discourses
<p>Baby Boomers are changing the face of retirement in the United States. For example, retirement traditionally refers to the time when an individual who has worked full-time for the majority of her life chooses to entirely and permanently exit the workforce, but now includes a range of formations …
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Caregiving Baby Boomer men: An exploration of the impact of discrimination on psychological distress and caregiving roles
… this study examined the relationship between Baby Boomer men s perceptions of discrimination based on their current caregiving roles and their psychological distress. Aspects of caregiving roles assessed included hours a week providing care and assistance providing activities of daily living. …
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The sound of the hidden curriculum: music and sound design in baby-boomer era social guidance films in the United States
… explored the physical and conceptual state of baby boomer era instructional films in recent years, including analyses of several parodies. My study demonstrates that social guidance instructional films provided a vehicle for teaching cultural musical codes – a language of associations based on …
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The Knowledge And Perceptions Of Generational Cohorts Of K-5 Elementary Educators Who Use Technology For Teaching And Learning
… and knowledge of generational cohorts (Baby Boomer, Generation X, and/or Millennials) of elementary (K-5) educators regarding the use of technology for teaching and learning. The remarkable pace of the transition to digital-age learning environments has made it challenging for schools to …
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Affordable luxury resort residences for the Baby Boomers
… designed entirely for the upper middle income baby boomer. The baby boomer generation is the largest demographic group in the United States, numbering 78 million individuals, between the ages of 41 and 59. As this demographic group ages and nears retirement they are seeking out ways to spend …
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A Study of Communication in Baby Boomers' Romantic Relationships and the Effects of their Children's Communication about the Relationships
… by examining the communication of the Baby Boomer generation (born 1946-1964) as they re-enter the dating scene. Although Baby Boomers' early years of dating (the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's) occurred in a time of new-found freedom, especially in sexual relationships, the experience of …
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Motivating Factors of Elementary Teachers (K-5) in Illinois Who Belong to Veteran, Baby Boomer, Generation X, and Generation Y Age Bands: A Study of Ways in Which Improved Generational Intelligence Can Impact School Leaders
… principals need to understand about Veterans, Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and Millennials in order to increase job satisfaction, as defined by Daniel Pink (2009) as autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Implications for educational leaders as they attempt to attract, motivate, and retain a …
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Learning outcomes of leisure travel : explorations towards the development of educational programs
… benefits and related learning needs of "baby boomer" women to gain an understanding of the impact of leisure travel from a woman's perspective and to gain insights into strategic educational applications. Qualitative research, based on the philosophy of phenomenology, was used. Eight …
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Establishing a Normative Profile on the MMPI-2 for Missionary Candidates
… significantly lower than the mean T scores for Baby Boomer and Generation X candidates. Results also indicated that the mean T score on Scale 1 for Baby Boomer candidates was significantly higher than the mean T score for Generation Y candidates. Implications of analyses by date of testing and …
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Consumers' Perceptions of Voluntary and Involuntary Deconsumption: An Exploratory Sequential Scale Development Study
… study of scale development was conducted among baby boomers in the United States to render conceptual clarity to the concepts of voluntary and involuntary deconsumption, to explore deconsumption behavior under the tenets of the attribution theory of motivation, and to examine the components, …
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Generation X and Millennial Generation Assistant Principals' Perceptions of the Challenges and Rewards of the Principalship A Qualitative Study
… and population demographics indicate that Baby Boomers (1946-1964) hold a small and shrinking share of school principalships. The oldest Baby Boomer principals began to retire during the middle of the 1990s, and their void created an opportunity for younger Baby Boomers and members of …
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Creating Job Security And Retaining Employees Among Different Generations In The Public Sector
… within and entering the workforce to fill the Baby Boomers’ vacant positions, as 52 million of them continue to exit the workforce (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014). The Baby Boomer generation is exiting the workforce with extensive institutional knowledge gained through years of experience …
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Human Capital Management Within the Federal Government Utilizing Generational Stratification With a Focus on Generation Y
<p>With many individuals in the Baby Boomer generation eligible to retire, many open positions will need to be filled by other Baby Boomers, or those from Generation X or Generation Y. Private industry has taken note of this and has been exploring workplace differences between Generation Y, …
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The Lived Experiences of the Aging of Hong Kong Chinese Baby Boomers Residing in the United States
… aspects of aging, concerns of the aging of the baby boomer generation, and the heterogeneities among aging persons from diverse races and ethnicities have been examined in detail; however, there is a void in the literature that offers information about the aging of Chinese baby boomers. This …
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Special Care Units: a Practical Guide to Establishing and Maintaining a Therapeutic Environment For Those Affected By Alzheimer's and Other Dementing Diseases
… in modern health care, and the aging of the Baby Boomer generation fuel this trend in health care. Life expectancies have increased, allowing people to live longer than ever before. Unfortunately, with aging comes the increased chance to be affected by dementia. According to the Alzheimer's …
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