Aging population: How to ensure a well-functioning society Nowadays, more and more countries have grown to an aging society. Worse still, this aging rate seems to accelerate. In 1900, only 5% of the British population was 65 and over, which increased to10.8% by 1950 and 15.8% by 2000, and is estimated to rise to 24.7% by 2050 (Torp, 2015). This problem is even much more severe in Japan, whose people aged 65 and over make up ¼ of its population (Torp, 2015). The whole society is unhealthy and is likely to remain stagnant when there are too many old people rather than young labors.
In the video “Living Old” people over 85 are the fastest growing segment of our population and people over 60 make up half of our population. What issues/problems does that create in our
“The Age of Dignity” is written by Al-Jen Poo, who is a director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and co-director of the Caring across Generations campaign. The author discusses challenges faced by the elderly in society due to lack of supporting culture. She mentions, “By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today’s 5 million, living longer than ever before.” It is necessary to value the care of old people so that people can age with dignity and security. To support the care of older adults, a culture needs to be built where elderly are respected in the society. The author provides various solutions to transform elderly care such as long-term care insurance and financial incentives to care providers.
However, number of older people in the society is increasing day by day. This is due to advancement of medical technology and certain other factors which have resulted longer life expectancy of elderly people in the society. But, majority of the elderly people today have become victim of exploitation, negligence, physical and mental torture and harassment, ill-treatment and carelessness by the near and dear one. This has created an uncertainty in the minds of everyone in this society and has led the society towards destruction of social values and eroded the relation between human being slowly but surely. Government has enacted laws and certain steps have also been taken.
Chapter one Introduction 1.1. Introduction The aging in world is fast and one of the greatest challenges of the twenty first century is the tremendously increased numbers of elderly (M,Dittrich, 2009). The elderly are vulnerable group of all societies around the world and are taken the special consideration, during last years, due to reduced mortality, improved health behaviors and increased life expectancy, the number of elderly people is higher than any time in history and of each ten people in the world, one is more than 65 years old. In Iraq meanwhile the proportion of elderly people {65+} decreased from 3,9 percent in 1980 to 3,4 percent in 2005 : it is projected to increase to 8,9 percent by the year
Staying active can help reduce the chances of being affected by various diseases, and it improves the health status of the elderly. Diet is also crucial because it determines the health of individuals. The elderly should consume healthy foods that are free from fats and cholesterol as well as other unhealthy components (Maffei, 2013). The government should also come up with a plans to ensure the older people well being as well as provide them with reimbursements so that they can be able to provide for their needs at the older age. These recommendations will significantly reduce the impacts of the limitations faced by the elderly in the society
All the population in every country is committed to achieve a better and higher standard of living. Every single individual wish to have adequate amount of food, good health, literacy, education, being employed and better income in their lives. The current rate of population growth is a crucial barrier to the achievement of these goals. Population growth is one of the dominant concerns of today world as human population is growing at an alarming rate and is not a static factor. The resources on the earth remain constant in spite of the mushrooming growth of the population.
But it is youth that must fight and die. If the old sitting in their well cushioned offices were required to fight and die, believe me there would never be a war, OVER 60 WITH AIDS Senior citizens are riddled with AIDS -hearing aids, Band-Aids, walking aids, government aid- THE GOLDEN older YEARS HAVE COME AT LAST. John Craven has said that the concept of ageing has changed: "Only a generation ago, many people were pretty old at 60.These days most of us in our middle and later years are much younger in our attitudes and it's all about having an active state of mind. "Old age is simply a 'state of mind' - and enjoying life to the full can keep you young. People who perceive themselves as old are more likely to quit activities which could help keep them young.
Especially for the case where the findings of the research render the myth inaccurate. However, research alone may not be sufficient to change the stereotypes about aging. This calls for the use of the media to publish the findings of such research articles to reach most people. This research can be used to change employment policies for the elderly such that their ability to learn and to change should be considered during employment. Such changes in perception and policy on the elderly would benefit society in that, the elderly will be less distressed by the society’s perception and thus they will be more healthy and resourceful to the
It is appalling that generation gap is used to enervate almost one half of human population. The world is currently witnessing a demographic change. The old people are already in a majority in Russia, France, Spain and other countries. The Asian countries including India are witnessing a demographic dividend presently and African countries would have it fifty years from now. But what follows that will be an inverted pyramid with high dependency ratio.