Social aspects of ageing + end of life care

Question 1

Describe old age dependency ratio

Answer 1

simple ratio of the number of people of pensionable age and over per 1000 people aged 16 years to state pension age

Question 2

What is chronological ageing?

Answer 2

how old a person is in terms of time since birth

Question 3

What is biological ageing?

Answer 3

changes in a person’s physical state that accompany chronological ageing

Question 4

What is functional age?

Answer 4

defined on the basis of functional measures of daily living

Question 5

What is social ageing?

Answer 5

social expectations about how people should behave or appear as they grow older