ageing
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 11-06-13 18:04
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- ageing population
- in the uk in 2005 16% of the uk was over 65. by 2041 this could be 24%
- increased life expectancy and dropping birth rate
- advances in medicine and improved living standards
- life expectancy is currently 81.5 for women and 77,2 for men
- baby boom in 1940's after war and stopped in 1960 after the pill was created
- people born in 1940's are now at the retiring age causing a retirement boom
- birth rate has dropped
- fewer young people
- promblems
- working population isn't large enough to provide a decent pension so the elderly who cant rely on family are in poverty
- the government are struggling to pay the state pension
- health care under pressure because elderly rely heavily on medical care-
- strategies to cope
- raise the retirement age
- in uk atm is 65 for men and 60 for women by 2046 it is going to be 68 for everyone
- more people paying tax
- less people claiming pension
- encourage migration of young people-
- around 80% of immigrants were 34 or under
- more taxes to pay for state pension and services
- around 80% of immigrants were 34 or under
- encourage people to have children
- working family tax credits support families going back to work after having children
- tax breaks on some state pensions
- do not rely so much on sate pensions
- raise the retirement age
- old age dependency ratio was 15% in 1950 now it is 25%
- italy
- economy isn't doing well
- county have been in recession for 10 years
- children leave home late, sometimes not till 40
- women have no job security
- Italian men to contribute to looking after children
- nursey places are limited with a 2 year waiting list
- natural increase of 1.2
- economy isn't doing well
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