| A baby boomer is described to be those individuals | | | | before them. During the 1960's, the relative growth |
| who were born during the Post-World War II. The | | | | of teenagers and young adults is extending and that |
| term "baby boomer" is used in a cultural setting, and | | | | they themselves put up a rhetoric that encloses their |
| is used to refer to an individual who was born during | | | | unit as well as the change they were about to bring. |
| the post-WWII baby boom. Various individuals, | | | | This oratory had brought about an essential impact |
| groups, organizations and scholars have different | | | | towards the perceptions of the baby boomers and |
| opinions on what comprises the group of baby | | | | their inclination on defining the world by generations. |
| boomers technically and culturally. | | | | Baby boom have been described as a "shockwave" |
| As a whole, baby boomers are considered to have a | | | | as well as being "the pig in the python" due to their |
| relationship with the redefinition or rejection of | | | | full force in terms of their numbers that had caused |
| traditional values although other people debated how | | | | society to remodel itself in the standards of the |
| wide does that rejection extend to considering the | | | | boomers. |
| continuous diversity of values between old and | | | | Individuals who belong to this group also are worried |
| young generations. In continents such as Europe and | | | | to their health specifically to the medical care and |
| North America, they consider individuals to belong and | | | | services that could be deprived of them because of |
| be tagged as kid boomer due to privileges enjoyed | | | | Medicare budget cuts. Usually, boomers go to |
| since during that time, many have grown and got use | | | | assisted living homes or centers, nursing homes or |
| to affluence. They are considered to be the | | | | others would transfer to another location or go back |
| wealthiest and yet the healthiest generation during | | | | home. |
| that time. They are also the group that is considered | | | | During the period when they are in nursery homes or |
| to grow up frankly expecting the improvement of | | | | assisted living homes they are given free services like |
| the world as time passes by. | | | | cancer screenings, heightening the exposure of the |
| One unique feature of a boomer is that they tend to | | | | children on policies and funding all states to improve |
| think and consider themselves as the special | | | | the community services. They can also be visited by |
| generation wherein they are unique from those | | | | their loved ones in homes from time to time. |