RASCAL REPORT
An Eye On Baby Boomers Since 2022
An older gentleman was spotted driving erratically down the street. When he passed a police car he was quickly stopped. The time was 2 a.m.
The cop got out and came to the driver’s window. “Where are you going this late?”
The man replied “I’m on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late.”
The officer then asked, “Really? Who’s giving that lecture at this time of night?”
The man replied, “That would be my wife.”
Dumping generational work stereotypes in the trash
We all know the stereotypes: millennials are whiny, baby boomers can’t figure out how to open a PDF file. Of course, different generations have different perspectives about work and how it should fit into our lives. Even so, we don’t have to be at each other’s throats about it. This episode of “It’s Generational” tackles workplace issues and aims to dump generational stereotypes in the trash with a panel of guests that includes representatives from four major generations.
The church is losing its grey heads and more
Beyond the cavalcade of prodigal leaders exposed with predictable regularity for their abuses of power, boomer Evangelicalism has often been characterized in the broader culture by who and what we oppose, instead of whom we claim to serve. As a result, our kids and grandkids are vacating the churches we built and inhabited with the goal of passing on our faith to the next generation. But they’re not the only ones leaving.
Time for companies to reconsider hiring older workers
Due largely to early retirements and a caustic mix of ageism and cost-cutting measures, businesses let too many older workers go during the pandemic — and when they left, so did a lot of institutional memory, expertise, and loyalty. With fewer younger workers entering the labor market for at least a generation, employers that don’t think beyond today’s working-age population will likely struggle to build a reliable workforce that can maintain operational efficiency and effectiveness. They must reconsider their DEI strategies to meet the demands of a new era if they want to drive operational effectiveness, increase competitiveness, widen their appeal to consumers of all ages and abilities, and build long-term resilience. The authors describe how leaders can account for the changes — and benefits — that come with an aging workforce to power productivity into the future..
Need a job in Florida (or anywhere else)? Be a home care worker
The in-home care industry says its already overwhelmed and may be on the verge of a crisis.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people ages 65 and older was up to 71 million in 2019, up from 41 million in 2011. The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, which is a nonprofit that tracks senior services nationally, however, reports there are about 2.6 million home care workers and another million might be needed by 2030, as more baby boomers age into retirement. Experts across Tampa Bay worry an in-home elder care shortage may be reaching a critical level.
Fed throwing in the towel on older worker return to the workplace
Unlike older Americans who, in the decade after the Great Recession, delayed their retirements to earn a little bit of extra money and patch up tenuous finances, many today are leaving the job market and staying out. That has big implications for the economy, because it is contributing to a labor shortage that policymakers worry is keeping wages and inflation stubbornly elevated.