Ageing Flashcards
What was the average age in the uk in 1917 and 2013?
1917 - 31.4
2013 - 40.3
What does Hirsch argue?
The traditional age pyramid is disappearing and being replaces with more or less equal size blocks representing the different age groups
What are cause of the aging population?
Increasing life expectancy
Declining infant mortality rate
Declining fertility
What are effects of an aging population?
Public services
One person pensioner households
The dependency culture
Ageism
What are implications of the ageing population?
Burden on public services and dependancy ratio
Gov concerned the dependant elderly will soon outnumbered tax paying workers
What did the Griffiths report find?
Cost of elderly care will escalate further in years
Due to baby boom generation retiring around the age time which could lead to unattainable pension and health care costs
This is why coalition gov changed the retirement age to 66 and in the future this could increase again to 70
What does Chambers argue about the ageing population?
The increase in elderly people living by themselves after their partner has died
Mostly women as they tend to live longer than men
Called this the feminisation of later life.
What des Brannen argue?
Claims that the decline in birthrate and rise in life expectancy has produced the beanpole family
What does Ross et al claim?
Relationship between grandparents and grandchildren has become more significant due to grandparents playing major role in the economic maintenance of the family and primary socialisation of children.
What did Blaikie find?
The growing number of empty nesters and more affluent retirees has brought about a change in how the elderly are viewed.
What is the ‘third age’?
Elderly are seen as a means f boosting the economy rather than the dependancy problem
Due to them having. amore disposable income than previous generations
What do most structural sociologists see old age as?
A life stage
Which has become stigmatised with associations of dependency and being a burden
What do postmodernists see old age as?
People are always free to choose their identities through our lifestyle
