Ageing Population - Case Study

Question 1

What case study do we learn for an ageing population?

Answer 1

Uk.

Question 2

In 2005, what % of the UK were over 65?

Answer 2

16%.

Question 3

By 2041 what % of the UKs population will be over 65?

Answer 3

25%.

Question 4

What is the ageing population caused by?

Answer 4

Increasing life expectancy.

Dropping birth rate.

Question 5

Why are people living longer?

Answer 5

Advances in medicine and improved living standards.

Question 6

How much did the life expectancy rise by between 1980 - 2006?

Answer 6

It rose 2.6 years for women.

6.4 years for men

Question 7

Currently what is the life expectancy for men and women?

Answer 7

Men - 77.2

Women - 81.5

Question 8

What years were a lot of babies born?

Answer 8

1940s.

1960s.

Question 9

What is it called when a lot of babies are born?

Answer 9

Babies booms.

Question 10

Those born in the 1940s are retiring now creating what?

Answer 10

A pensioner boom.

Question 11

Since when has the number of babies born fallen?

Answer 11

1970.

Question 12

The Uks ageing population causes a few _____

Answer 12

Problems.

Question 13

More elderly people are living in what?

Answer 13

Poverty.

Question 14

Why are elderly people living in poverty?

Answer 14

The working population isn’t large enough to pay for decent pensions.
Many people don’t have other savings.

Question 15

Even though the state pension is low, what are the government doing?

Answer 15

Struggling to pay it.

Question 16

The taxes paid by the working population aren’t what?

Answer 16

Enough to cover the cost of pensions.

Question 17

Why are health services under pressure?

Answer 17

Older people need more medical care than younger people.

Question 18

In 2005 the average stay for a person over 75 was?

Answer 18

13 nights.

Question 19

In 2005 what was the average stay for the whole of the UK?

Answer 19

Only 8 nights .

Question 20

The UK government has _____ to cope with the ageing population.

Answer 20

Strategies.

Question 21

Name 4 ways the UK government is trying to cope with the ageing population.

Answer 21

Raise retirement age.
Encourage immigration of young people to UK.
Encourage women to have children.
Encourage people to take out private pensions.

Question 22

What is the retirement age currently in the UK for men?

Answer 22

65.

Question 23

What is the retirement age currently in the UK for women?

Answer 23

60.

Question 24

In 2046 what will the retirement age be?

Answer 24

68 for everyone.

Question 25

How does raising the retirement age help the ageing population?

Answer 25

People will have to work longer. More people paying tax. Fewer people claiming a pension.

Question 26

When has the UK allowed immigration of people from countries that joined the EU?

Answer 26

2004.

Question 27

Around what % of immigrants from new EU countries in 2004 were 34 or under?

Answer 27

80%.

Question 28

How does encouraging immigration of young people to the UK help the ageing population?

Answer 28

Increases number of people paying taxes. | Which helps pay for the state pension and services.

Question 29

Who does working family tax credits support?

Answer 29

Women and men who go back to work after their children are born.

Question 30

How does encouraging more women to have children help the ageing population?

Answer 30

Makes it more affordable for couples to have children.

Question 31

The government give what out for some types of private pensions?

Answer 31

Tax breaks.

Question 32

How does encouraging people to take out private pensions help the ageing population?

Answer 32

With private pensions, people won't be so dependent on the state pension.

Question 33

We ___ ___ if the strategies have worked yet?

Answer 33

Don' know.

Question 34

It is likely future generations will have to do what?

Answer 34

Work longer and rely on their families to support them in old age.

Question 35

How has the ageing population happened?

Answer 35

By advances in healthcare and development.

Question 36

How many people in the UK are over 65 years?

Answer 36

10 million people.

Question 37

What are the latest projections about the amount of elderly people?

Answer 37

5 and a half more elderly people in 20 years time. | The number will have nearly doubled around 19 million in 2050.

Question 38

What is a social advantage?

Answer 38

Leads to the development of services which benefit all age groups. More Gps more leisure facilities.

Question 39

What is a economic advantage?

Answer 39

Grey pound provides jobs in retail or holiday genres generating for specifically older people. Older people spending more money.

Question 40

What is a social disadvantage?

Answer 40

Social segregation. People divided by types of housing they live in. Social unrest. Elderly people may causes stress and money loss for families.

Question 41

What is a economic disadvantage?

Answer 41

They depend on healthcare and require more assistance. Subsidising with pensions and housing. Increases pressure on health services.

Question 42

What is a political disadvantage?

Answer 42

Government spending is largely taken up by the problem of demographic ageing. Care homes, pay pensions, avoid poverty.