Ageing Population – A Key Trend If one were to take a look at the UK population‚ one would notice a few trends. For instance‚ many women are focusing on their careers and postponing pregnancies. There is also a lengthening of the life expectancy of individuals‚ brought about in part by better health care and technology. The combination of rising mortality improvement and decreasing fertility rates has paved the way for a demographic key trend to occur in the UK which is now experiencing and may
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longer than ever before. Concerning with this problem‚ a telegraph on 1st October‚ 2012 entitled “World faces ageing population time bomb says UN” was posted in order to provide the facts and forecasts about ageing population in the world and to recommend some ideas to deal with this problem. In spite the fact that living longer is a great achievement of human beings‚ a rapidly ageing population also leads to difficulties for many countries in all over the world. A recent report estimated
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Geography Essay- Ageing populations Question: Examine the implications of either an ageing or youthful population By definition‚ an ageing population is a population where the median age is rising; there is a decline in the amount of children (or minors-under 18)‚ and an increase in the number of elderly people. In other terms‚ it is a population where the number of elderly is increasing relative to the number of youth. Increased life expectancy combined with declining birth rates have caused many
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Current Trends: Ageing Population The first current social trend is that of an ageing population. This means that as time has gone on‚ more people are progressing into 64+ years old than people being born. In fact‚ “in 2008 there were 3.2 people of working age for every person of pensionable age. This ratio is projected to fall to 2.8 by 2033.” (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/key-issues-for-the-new-parliament/value-for-money-in-public-services/the-ageing-population/) This
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I will explain the different aspects‚ concerning health and ageing. These are aspects are population and ageing‚ social exclusion‚ quality of life‚ discrimination and ageing and health in gerneral. To start with the aspect of population and ageing‚ the main issue first of all‚ is that the numbers and proportion of older people in the population are growing because of decreasing birth rates and increasing life expectancy. In fact‚ ageing is one of the greatest social and economic challenges of the
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The concept of ageing-in-place represents the idea of enabling older adults to maintain independence in their home environment. Many older adults fear losing their independence and being required to move to some type of institutional setting because of limitations in mobility‚ chronic illnesses‚ and the general effects of old age on the body (Fisk‚ D.A‚ 2009‚ p.157). From a societal perspective‚ it may also be cost effective to support older adults’ preference to age-in-place‚ as it avoids the cost
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Problem of Ageing Increasing life expectancy is a positive development‚ but is not without its own problems. The prevention or elimination of causes of death in early life has resulted in a population consisting of an increasing proportion of elderly people. The United Nations populations division estimated that the number of persons aged 60 years and older in 1999 was nearly 600 million worldwide and was projected to reach about 2 billion by 2050 (UN‚1999). This means that by the year 2050‚ the
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4. Discuss the physical and psychological changes associated with normal ageing. How can one minimise pathological ageing? The process of aging has been around as long as life itself. All living organisms pass through three broad stages from conception to death‚ which are maturation‚ maturity and aging. Aging affects everyone because nearly everyone has the potential to grow old and all the societies in which we live have older members (Macdonald‚ 1997). Gerontology is the use of reason to understand
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Challenge of Ageing Population Synopsis: The ageing of the population has become on of the major talking points of modern economics and its implications for world growth in the future. This essay examines the causes of the demographic shift by focusing on the changes in mortality and fertility experienced by the developed and developing world. It then attempts to answer some of the questions about the economic implications of ageing populations‚ including implications for future economic growth
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is to discuss the ageing population in the workforce and the shift toward non-standard employment arrangements. This essay will first explore how work has changed‚ the issues and the implications for an ageing population in the workforce and will be followed by an explanation on how employment arrangements and the workplace has changed‚ the issues of this transformation and also implications. This paper will conclude by giving recommendations on the issues raised by the ageing population of the
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