3. TOPICS INCLUDE:
➤ Key considerations in
anticipated changes
➤ Possible funding scenarios
➤ Influences of diversity and the
law
4. KEY CONSIDERATIONS - COMMUNITY SERVICES
➤ There will be an influx in older Americans as the baby-boomer
generation ages
➤ The real challenges of caring for the elderly in 2030 will involve:
➤ (1) making sure society develops payment and insurance systems for
long-term care that work better than existing ones
➤ (2) taking advantage of advances in medicine and behavioral health to
keep the elderly as healthy and active as possible
➤ (3) changing the way society organizes community services so that
care is more accessible
➤ (4) altering the cultural view of aging to make sure all ages are
integrated into the fabric of community life
(Knickman & Snell, 2002)
5. KEY CONSIDERATIONS - EDUCATION
➤ Online education will continue to grow
➤ It will be unacceptable to expect students to be only students (working
full-time while carrying a full load is becoming the norm)
➤ Issues with faculty assessment and course design will need to be
addressed
(Nash, 2015)
6. POSSIBLE FUNDING SCENARIOS - COMMUNITY SERVICES
➤ Intergenerational service-learning initiatives are an
increasingly common educational practice designed to engage
college students and older adults with one another
➤ The growth of the baby boomer population and a growing
interest in lifelong learning opportunities among older adults
have the potential to create new models of multigenerational
education within colleges and universities
(Dauenhauer, Steitz, Cochran, 2016)
7. POSSIBLE FUNDING SCENARIOS - EDUCATION
➤ The use of performance indicators and performance-based
funding by states for their systems of higher education
(Layzell, 1999)
8. INFLUENCES OF DIVERSITY AND THE LAW
➤ With the combination of older adults living longer, and a large
increase in the number of older adults, there will be more
need to integrate students of all ages
➤ With more learning moving online, there will have to be
programs and services that can provide technology resources
to everyone
➤ The digital divide must be bridged in order to give everyone
who desires community-based services and education access
9. CONCLUSION
➤ Technological advances will
continue to push learning
mediums
➤ Older adults are increasing in
number and are living longer
➤ Community-based services
and education will need to
accommodate these realities
now in the future
10. REFERENCES
➤ Dauenhauer, J., Steitz, D. W., & Cochran, L. J. (2016). Fostering a
New Model of Multigenerational Learning: Older Adult
Perspectives, Community Partners, and Higher Education.
Educational Gerontology, (just-accepted).
➤ Layzell, D. T. (1999). Linking performance to funding outcomes at
the state level for public institutions of higher education: Past,
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➤ Nash, J. A. (2015). Future of Online Education in Crisis: A Call to
Action. Turkish Online Journal Of Educational Technology - TOJET,
14(2), 80-88.
➤ Knickman, J. R., & Snell, E. K. (2002). The 2030 Problem: Caring for
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