UK- Ageing Population Flashcards

1
Q

What are 2 reasons that have caused an ageing population in the UK?

A

Reduced birth rate

Increased life expectancy

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2
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What has caused an increased life expectancy?

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Improved medical care

Improved standard of living

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What has caused a reduced birth rate?

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Use of contraception

Equality for women- want to focus on their careers

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4
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By how much did the UK life expectancy rise between 1980 - 2006?

A
  1. 6 years for women

6. 4 years for men

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5
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Currently, what’s the life expectancy for a UK man?

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77.2 years

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6
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Currently, what’s the life expectancy for a UK woman?

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81.5 years

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7
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Problems: What is the average stay in hospital for a 75+ year old? (2005) What was it for the whole of the UK?

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13 nights- 75+

8- whole of UK

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What’s the third reason for an ageing population in the UK?

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Baby booms in the 1940’s- 1960’s (they are all retiring now)

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9
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Problems: List 3 of the expenses the government now have due to pensionners

A
Their free bus passes
Their pensions (that need to be paid for longer, as they live longer)
Their medical care- diseases such as cancer and dimentia
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10
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Problems: Why has the ageing population caused fewer children?

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People can’t afford to raise children and pay for their elderly parents

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Problems: Why are the healthcare services stretched?

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More elderly people need medical care

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12
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Problems: What’s wrong with more people being unpaid carers for their parents?

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Less leisure time

More stressed and worried

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Benefits: Name a holiday firm that benefits from the elderly going on holiday often

A

Shearings

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14
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Benefits: Name a company that builds retirement properties

A

McCarthy and Stone

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15
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Benefits: Name a company that installs mobility aids

A

Stannah

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16
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Benefits: What is good about businesses designed for the elderly?

A

Employ lots of people

17
Q

Benefits: Why is it good that they babysit grandchildren?

A

Enables parents to work

18
Q

Benefits: Where do they volunteer?

A

Libraries

19
Q

Strategies: How can having immigrants help with the ageing population?

A

They work, paying taxes, and creating a larger working population

20
Q

Strategies: What percentage of immigrants that come to the UK are under 34?

A

80%

21
Q

Strategies: Why does raising the retirement age help?

A

Pay taxes for longer, and pay more into their pensions

22
Q

Strategies: What is the current retirement age, and what will it be by 2046?

A

65 now, 68 by 2046

23
Q

Strategies: Why are private pensions encouraged?

A

So people won’t be so dependent on the state pension

24
Q

Strategies: How are private pensions being encouraged?

A

Tax breaks are being given to those who have one

25
Q

Strategies: How does increasing taxes on the working population help?

A

More money going to the government, so more available to spend on the elderly