swirl of commentary on the Asian countries in recent years‚ one facet of their longer-term prospects not often remarked upon is that their population is aging. By 2025‚ the share of the elderly in the population of Singapore‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ Japan and South Korea will at least doublem and the share of the young will fall sharply. The ageing of the population will drag down the potential rate of growth as a result of the fall in volume of labor input and the decline of the domestic saving rate
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Paradigm Shift over Ageing Population: Government should Change Focus Throughout the years‚ the proportion of elderly among the world population has been increasing‚ while the proportion of children has been decreasing (Why Aging Population Matters‚ 2007). This fact has brought a new challenge to nations: the ageing population issue. In order to resolve this issue‚ understanding the reasons why it is a problem is certainly needed‚ which can be done by delving into the conditions of being old.
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Topic: Ageing Country: France Committee: General Assembly 3 Position Paper Topic Background France faces an ageing population. The cause of the problem is the rapidly decreasing support ratio‚ a low fertility rate and a falling birth rate. The low fertility rate is due to an increasing proportion of educated women who are pursuing careers. These women focus on their careers rather than on raising a family. This results in putting off having children until they’re 30 or deciding to just not
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10.1.1 Definition of Healthy Ageing Active ageing is the process of optimizing opportunities for health‚ participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age. It applies to both individuals and population groups. Active ageing allows people to realize their potential for physical‚ social‚ and mental well-being throughout the life course and to participate in society‚ while providing them with adequate protection‚ security and care when they need. The word “active”
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Problem of Ageing Increasing life expectancy is a positive development‚ but is not without its own problems. The prevention or elimination of causes of death in early life has resulted in a population consisting of an increasing proportion of elderly people. The United Nations populations division estimated that the number of persons aged 60 years and older in 1999 was nearly 600 million worldwide and was projected to reach about 2 billion by 2050 (UN‚1999). This means that by the year 2050‚ the
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The concept of ageing-in-place represents the idea of enabling older adults to maintain independence in their home environment. Many older adults fear losing their independence and being required to move to some type of institutional setting because of limitations in mobility‚ chronic illnesses‚ and the general effects of old age on the body (Fisk‚ D.A‚ 2009‚ p.157). From a societal perspective‚ it may also be cost effective to support older adults’ preference to age-in-place‚ as it avoids the cost
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mentality/approach to life due to becoming less concerned with the expectation of others/withdrawal. In 1975 Cumming argued that “it was appropriate and healthy for older people to withdraw from others” because it was deemed a natural part of the ageing process. The disengagement theory states that older people start to withdraw themselves from society and others because of their bodily issues i.e. hearing loss‚ loss of vision and reduction in physical movement. These complications can cause an
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A fact that cannot be denied in today’s Western societies is that people are living longer (British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)‚ 2012) and this rise in longevity has brought about an increase in the population of the older members of our communities. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) (2012)‚ the median age of the WHO European region is already the highest in the world. WHO states that‚ in 2010‚ the 14% increase of people aged 65 and over will rise to 25% in the year 2050. The article
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Theories of Aging Activity theory This theory assumes a positive relationship between activity and life satisfaction. One theorist suggests that activity enables older adults to be able to adjust to retirement. The critics of this theory state that it overlooks the inequalities in health and economics that hinders the ability for older people to engage in such activities. Also‚ some older adults do not desire to engage in new challenges. Activity theory reflects the functionalist perspective
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Major theories of ageing in relation to the development of an individual As an individual grows older they get more withdrawn from the rest of society. The society actually rejects older people from a lot of activities. It is part of growing older and it is a way of distancing yourself from people before you die. Therefore the two major theories examine what causes an individual to distance themselves from this the rest of the people. The social disengagement theory basically examines the development
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