The ageing population
- Created by: lw121x
- Created on: 11-05-15 12:01
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- The ageing population
- The average age UK pop rising 2971 34- 2007 40
- Effects of ageing population
- Older people use large amount health services
- don't over generalise.
- expenditure on healthcare = change policies + housing
- Older people use large amount health services
- One person households
- pensioners 14% households
- mostly females
- pensioners 14% households
- Dependency ratio
- economically dependent
- tax pay for pension etc...
- Social construction age as a problem
- ageing seen as negative
- Griffith report elderly society problem meeting needs for care
- ageism= stereotyping
- Policy implications - Hirsch
- Hirsch ageing pop no finance
- paying from savings or work longer
- redistributing educational resources
- housing policy make old go in smaller so young get bigger houses
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