Ageing population

• Ageing population and family structure/diversity

  Increase in extended families ROSS ET AL: Relationships between grandparents and grandchildren have become more significant as grandparents play a large role in the socialisation of children
• Ageing population and family structure/diversity

  Increase in one person households: Chambers feminisation of the later life - increase of elderly people living alone 14% of all households consisted of elderly person living alone - mostly women
• Increase in one person households: (pro) - Blaike growing numbers of affluent retirees has brought about change in how elderly life is views - active but leisure based 'third age' in which elderly are boosting economy
• Blaike: postive characterised active leisure based third age by affluent elderly


  Crenshaw: fails to consider intersectionality of class - Experience is not relative for all social groups
• Chambers: increase in one person households 14% 2013 - elderly people who live alone


  Blaikie: Provides a negative perception, positive ageing - Crenshaw not relevant for all
• Increase in dependency ratio: Murray would argue that the balance of working population and those dependent on welfare state such as pensioners - Government is concerned that dependent elderly will outnumber the tax paying workers state may not be able to intervene in healthcare