Aging population

Cards (3)

  • Causes
    • Declining fertility rates = more women in employment, less children
    • Increasing life expectancy = medical advances, less dangerous occupations
  • Advantages of aging population
    • Grandparents provide childcare
    • Consumerism during retirement
  • Disadvantages of aging population
    • Burden of dependency = less people in workforce to support elderly
    • Isolation = increase in single parent households
    • Care homes = not all can afford and in demand