Advancements in Healthcare have Resulted in an Extended Human Lifespan: Health Workforce and Planning Essay, SMU, Singapore

Instructions:

Choose ONE of the topics below and write a 2,500-word academic essay.

The essay must comply fully with the Health Writing and Reference Guide located on the left-hand menu of the course site. Referencing must meet the requirements of the APA7 system.

Topic 1

Advancements in healthcare have resulted in an extended human lifespan, which, in turn, has led to people working longer. The workplace contains up to five generations, from Baby Boomers to an emerging fifth generational group known as Gen Z.

Healthcare employers are facing issues in managing older workers and being tasked with attracting and retaining younger employees, mainly, Generation Y & Z. It can, therefore, only be expected that these employees will have vastly different expectations of their daily working lives.

These varying wants and needs mean that healthcare employers must learn how to manage the often conflicting views and expectations from these assorted age groups. There is a common conception that intergenerational difficulties in the workplace will present key issues for the health workforce. It is incumbent on healthcare managers to find new and innovative ways to make the increasingly broad labor force inclusive.

You are to write an academic essay that Compares and contrasts the differing generational expectations in the workplace. Describe strategies that will promote: harmony in the workplace, retain skilled workers of all generations, and attract new employees, from the five generational groups that are evident in the age ranges observed in the contemporary health workforce. Currently, lecture slides are not available yet.