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Cate nt situation Trend Imp Evaluatio Action
gories/ s (future) lications n /
Dimensions Recommend
ations
General
(External)
Environme
nt
Social/Demo Adult care, More of a variety of In home health + - High Improving the
Adult ethnic groups have care, more reputation of the
graphic (or supervision, emerged in our family taking facilities is a must
cultural): Extend life world and have care of the for this area of
expecty. Life different views as ancestors. This improvement. It
expectancy in our society could be do to could also help with
the Unied States evolves. Some money issues the revenue as
has increased choose to keep or a distrust in well. The more
30 years during their parents at the cleanliness people are
the Twentieth home while others of the facilites, positively
Centruy. In cannot wait to get or even a influenced by these
2015, the rid of them. Better respect for facilities rather than
expectation was medications for their negatively
that one out of patients to make a parents/relative influenced, lots of
four people who decision as to and want them untapped markets
lived to age 65 whether their to remain with could be tapped.
would live to be elderly family the family. An Increase the
at least 90. member would be implication of capacity for
Some facilities better to survive at this is a patients. Follow the
do not have all home or in a growing trend of better
the needs an facility., Better data negative technology.
individual need? and databases can impact on the Increase
Some inform consumers industry. With satisfaction rates.
religious/cultural as to what the best little to no
beliefs choice for their regulation,
encourage family is. family
children to take memebrs are
in their parents forced to come
into their homes, to terms with
putting a even
negative target unexpected
on these and
facilities. The unexplained
demand for deaths of
these facilities is family
growing and members living
could provide in these
more jobs as facilities.
more facilities (Glekman)
open up.
Environment Medical waste The trend here Can lead to Promoting practices
resulting from has increased contaminated that reduce the
al (as these facilities is since 1998 so the drinking water, amount of waste
appropriate): contributing to a increase of release created
negative impact medical waste will chemical Favouring the safe
on our global likely continue substances and
environment. into the environmentally
Out of all the environment, sound treatment of
disposal from and attribute to hazardous health
health care the care wastes
organizations, demolishing Selecting safe and
15% is ozone layer environmentally
considered friendly options of
extremely disposal (World
toxic/infections/r Health
adioactive Organization)
+ Global (if Alzheimer’s is The number of With the rise in 0 High Care facilities must
on a steady rise those suffering alzheimer’s ++ ensure they have
needed) worldwide, alzheimer's is sufferers care + the resources and
being described expected to rise in facilities may labor to care for
as the “epidemic the coming expect are rise those with
of our decades. As the in demand to alzheimer’s as the
generation.” number is care for these disease grows and
There’s an expected to reach sufferers and expands. This may
estimated 50 82 million by 2030 must, if also require more
million sufferers and 152 million by necessary, training for
of Alzheimer's 2050, the total cost prepare for the employees to
with the total of care worldwide possible rise in ensure everyone
cost of care is expected to demand for can meet the needs
expected to increase as well. care facilities of those with
reach $1 trillion. alzheimer’s
efficiently.
* Be sure to use references to demonstrate the source of your data/facts/information. The credibility
of a source contributes to the validity and reliability of the data.
**Use a system for evaluating the strength, e.g., Os could be evaluated as +++, ++, + ; Ts as ---, --, -;
and Neutral as 0. Evaluation is a result of your assessment of a) current situation, b) trends, and c)
implications.
***Suggestion: Use importance rating of Hi, Medium, or Lo (essentially a prioritization of action).
External Facts, [Be sure to (i.e., What O* T* Importanc (What does the
Environment Informatio separate would happen * * e*** firm need to do
(Factors/Varia n, Data the if firm(s) differently? Be
bles/ (From the research continue(s) as sure to fill in for
Dimensions) case, (facts) from currently each factor/
industry predictions occurring w/o variable/dimensi
note, or and changes?) on.)
team’s inferences-
research*) yours &
others.]
Competitive
(or Specific)
Environment
Power of Medicare is The power of Medicare, + -- Med Cutting regulation
very suppliers Medicaid, and on a diminishing field
Suppliers: important for continues to Social Security are - will help the
those who diminish with in a huge threat of companies reach
are seniors, the talks of running out of their full potential.
disabled and cutting some money. Ultimately, However, while this
people with of the the suppliers have benefits the facilities,
low-income. programs most of the power it raises huge
People such as here.The federal barriers of entry from
cannot afford Medicare. and state a consumer
most Depending if governments can perspective and
healthcare the GOP or choose to support takes away much
without these Democrats or not support the buyer power, which
systems in does well in facilities. If the ultimately is the goal
place the 2018 government for these facilties.
because it is elections will chooses not to
expensive. be the future support, venture
of the the capitalists will
systems. surely come and
dominate the
market thanks to
the ever-growing
demand.
Threat of There are Because of There may not be ++ -- Low Current care
generally few few new enough care facilities may want to
Potential New new entrant’s entrants, the facilities to look into expanding
Entrants: due to low rate of adequately their facilities to
investments demand may accommodate the accommodate the
into the exceed the growing aging increase in demand.
market. rate of supply. population in the This would enable
Despite this, An advantage U.S. That, coupled care facilities to be
in 2017, the to this with an increase in able to expand the
senior however is Alzheimer’s reach in the market
housing that with an sufferers, care though it would
market was increase in facilities may not create more
seen as a demand is the be prepared to competition.
strong possibility of meet the growing
inveswas having a demand and
seen as a bigger share diversity of elders’
strong of the market. needs.
investment
opportunity.
This is
supported by
the growing
revenue of
the in-home
senior care
industry
which was
$2.3 billion
and this is
expected to
grow from
2017-2022 at
a rate of
7.7%.
* Be sure to use references to demonstrate the source of your data/facts/information. The credibility
of a source contributes to the validity and reliability of the data.
**Use a system for evaluating the strength, e.g., Os could be evaluated as +++, ++, + ; Ts as ---, --, -;
and Neutral as 0. Evaluation is a result of your assessment of a) current situation, b) trends, and c)
implications.
*** Suggestion: Use importance rating of Hi, Medium, or Lo (essentially a prioritization of action).
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