Uk - Ageing Population
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- Created on: 07-06-13 14:04
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- UK's Ageing Population
- Facts
- Happening in Europe / Japan
- Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model
- Benefits
- Many older people choose to work after retirement
- More availability for childcare
- Encourage them to work so TAX can be paid
- Problems
- Not economically active, they are dependent
- They are state funded - pensions / NHS
- Falling birth rate - less people economically active working
- In EU by 2050 there will be a reduction in the labour force by 16%
- Strain on resources - nursing homes
- Less is spent on other sectors
- Solutions
- Cutbacks on benefits and public services
- Rase TAXES e.g. VAT
- Work longer e.g. 67 in UK
- Encourage immigration helps with skills shortage e.g. medicine, building industries
- Encourage population growth e.g. Germany pay women to have more children
- Why it is happening
- Longer life expectancy
- Better standard of living
- Good health care
- Healthy eating and diet
- More awareness and knowledge
- Medicine - aspirin
- Heart disease awareness
- Cancer treatment - chemotherapy
- Growth of hospice / elderly care
- Facts
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