The Ageing Population
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- The Ageing Population
- Households
- Elderly one person households have increased- of those aged 65+ who live alone, 68% are women
- In 2013, there were 1.7 million widowed women aged 65+ living alone in the UK- 3 x the no. of widowers. Chambers refers to this trend as 'the feminisation of later life'
- Chambers notes that family support for single-person households may decline due to factors like high levels of geographical mobility and the decrease in women who are choosing to have children
- Elderly one person households have increased- of those aged 65+ who live alone, 68% are women
- Beanpole families
- The ageing population, the increasing tendency of women to persue a career, the decline in fertility and the avaliability of divorce has led to the emergence of four generational families
- Beanpole families are less likely to have aunts, uncles and cousins, as families have been having less children.
- Brennan argues that the 'pivot generation' (the gen sandwiched between older and younger members of the family) is increasingly in demand to provide for the needs of both elderly parents and grandchildren
- Households
- Elderly couple households have increased from 52.6% in 2001 to 56.8% in 2011
- Studies suggest as one member faces health problems, the other is likely to become their primary carer- almost 1.3 million people aged 65+ are caring for their spouse (the majority of these being women)
- Households
- Elderly one person households have increased- of those aged 65+ who live alone, 68% are women
- In 2013, there were 1.7 million widowed women aged 65+ living alone in the UK- 3 x the no. of widowers. Chambers refers to this trend as 'the feminisation of later life'
- Chambers notes that family support for single-person households may decline due to factors like high levels of geographical mobility and the decrease in women who are choosing to have children
- Elderly one person households have increased- of those aged 65+ who live alone, 68% are women
- Extended families
- In 2010, it was estimated that there were 500,000 three-generation households in the UK
- The growth in the no. of extended family households may be due to economic pressures, a sense of obligation from children to care for their parents, and the dangers of the elderly living alone because of limited mobility/ declining mental functions
- Extended families containing elderly relatives are much more likely in British-Asian communities
- The Ageing Population
- Beanpole families
- The ageing population, the increasing tendency of women to persue a career, the decline in fertility and the avaliability of divorce has led to the emergence of four generational families
- Beanpole families are less likely to have aunts, uncles and cousins, as families have been having less children.
- Brennan argues that the 'pivot generation' (the gen sandwiched between older and younger members of the family) is increasingly in demand to provide for the needs of both elderly parents and grandchildren
- Beanpole families
- In 2010, it was estimated that there were 500,000 three-generation households in the UK
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