Aging Baby Boomers Create Jobs In Health Care

75 million Americans comprise the baby boomercare than the previous generation. Where there
generation, and many have reached an ageparents would often avoid going to see the
where health care is starting to become a majordoctor, baby boomers consider medical care
concern. Baby boomers are generally recognizedparamount to their overall health and happiness.
as the generation born between 1946 and 1964,The end result of this aging generation on the
although many who were born a few yearshealth care industry will be the creation of several
before or after associate themselves with thenew jobs out of necessity. The US Department
name. The baby boomers represent a post Worldof Labor estimates that the health care industry
War II population explosion and their inevitablewill experience growth that is well above average
aging has made the world statistically older thancompared to all other industries over the next
ever.two decades. This can be attributed directly to
The oldest baby boomers are already in theirthe sheer numbers of this aging generation and
sixties and the health care industry is beginning totheir outlook on medical care. In fact, it is entirely
feel the effect of their age. The onset of thepossible that there may be a shortage of health
baby boomer generation saw unprecedentedcare workers in the very near future. Shortages
growth for hospitals and clinics in the periodin personnel often cause wages to rise, a scenario
between 1950 and 1965. It is now estimated thatthat seems a likely fate for many health care
the current number of senior care facilities, whichpositions. Only time will tell if the supply of
is far less than the number of existing hospitalsworkers is able to meet the demands placed on
and clinics, will be insufficient to handle the largethe health care industry by the baby boomer
number of aging baby boomers. Furthermore,generation.
baby boomers are more likely to seek medical