The Ageing Population

Question 1

Elderly couple households

Answer 1

• Less than 20%
• About 1.3 million people care for their elderly partner.
• Women are much more used to caring and are sympathetic.

Question 2

Elderly one-person households

Answer 2

• A one-person household is a self-supporting person, regardless of whether he or she lives with other people or alone.
• An elderly person is a person aged 60 and over. There are many discrepancies in determining the age (number of years) above which people can be called the elderly.
• They have to have carers or family checking up regularly.

Question 3

Extended Families

Answer 3

• An extended family is a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, consisting of parents like father, mother, and their children, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins, all living in the same household. Particular forms include the stem and joint families.
• The extended family in a classical sense is when three or more generations live together in one household. The traditional make-up of this family type would be grandparents, parents and children.

Question 4

Beanpole Families

Answer 4

• A Beanpole family is a multi-generational family that is long and thin with few aunts, uncles and grandparents. This is a result of extended life expectancy and fewer children being born.
• Pivot generation is the middle between children and parents where they have to look after both.

Question 5

Grandparents

Answer 5

-5 million(38%) grandparents do childcare activities for their grandchildren for 10 hours a week.

Question 6

Economic consequences of an ageing population?

Answer 6

-A big factor in determining the impact of an ageing population is future rates of economic growth.This decline in economic growth will increase the pressure on public finances from an ageing population. Strong economic growth, increases tax revenues and makes it easier to fund pension commitments.