East Devon Case study
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- Created on: 08-05-16 18:27
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- Ageing population - East Devon
- around 10 million over 65s in the UK- twice as many as 50 years ago
- Causes of growing grey population
- Getting married later
- Birth rates falling
- Better helth cares, diets, richer
- Better life expectancy
- Why East Devon (pull factors)
- Landscape- cliffs and beaches
- Areas of outstanding natural beauty
- World heritage sites
- East Devon- young people (push factors)
- House prices to expensive
- Not many jobs- low payed
- Culture facilitated for older people
- Impacts
- More pentions to pay less taxes to collect- higher dependancy ration
- Every 100 people working there are 54 people dependant of them - UK
- Changes in the types of homes needed or adaptions
- More transport needed- bus services
- Contrubutions
- £215 billion from grey pound
- Different types of shops- geared to old people
- More money to go on holiday- make up tourist industry
- Childcare- look afer children
- Meeting needs
- Flats to accomodate older people needs
- High Security- like to feel safe
- Planning for the future for this type of housing as its increasing
- Healthcare
- Adjustment/adaption of homes so elderly can stay at home
- Shortage in working poopulation- strain on services
- Shortage in carer- younger people moving away from Devon
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