death rate has steadily fallen. 2013 life expectancy for women is 82.9 and for men 79.2, double the amount of women over 90 compares to men
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McKeown's 6 factors on higher life expectancy
higher wages so better standard of living, public health eg clean water, housing for the poor, maternity care, welfare state, NHS
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The UK ageing population
more over 65's than 200 years ago. only 5.5% of population are children. over 50's are 35% of population. people aged 80+ increased by 30% in the last 10 years.
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What did Chambers say about the ageing population?
not a uniform group as are different classes etc, stereotyped as 'unproductive' and dependant, seen as economic burden by family and state but they are good for economy, called the 'silver shoppers"
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Why do we have an ageing population?
decline in death rate, rise in life expectancy, decline in fertility rate
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Elderly couple households
56.8% live in these households in 2011 (increase since 2001), health problems occur put still live in own house, only 3.7% live in care homes. if one person in the couple becomes ill then the other becomes a carer. 1.3 mill aged 65+ care for relative
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Elderly one person households
aged 65+ who live alone 68% are female as more women and they live longer. 2013 1.7 mill widowed women living alone. 65 - 90 aged group so they have different experiences eg 'young elderly' are active and connect with wider kin. 'elderly elderly'
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Why does Chambers say support for single person households may be less available in the future?
families moving further away from each other, families getting smaller so less options of children to look after them, women may not have kids, homosexual couples less likely to have kids.
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What did Wall find out about extended families? (1998)
1990's only 5% of families have taken in a relative
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Extended families
signs they are becoming popular again. 2010 there was around 500,000 three generation households in the UK. could be a result of economic pressure as can't afford care homes
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Leivesley - extended families
extended families with elderly people more likely in British asian communities. 42 % of men and 68% of women 85+ lived in multigenerational households compared to 12% of men and 19% of white women in same age group.
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Extended ties
w/c families see importance of extended kin relationships, Victor found 77% of old people see relatives on a weekly basis, more old people use technology to keep contact
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Negatives of caring for the elderly on the family
females often take more responsibility than sons according to feminists. leads to economic inequality between genders so they are more dependant on men. interactionist says nuclear family relationships may be negatively affected.
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Card 2
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McKeown's 6 factors on higher life expectancy
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higher wages so better standard of living, public health eg clean water, housing for the poor, maternity care, welfare state, NHS
Card 3
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The UK ageing population
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Card 4
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What did Chambers say about the ageing population?
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