AGEING SOCIETIESDemographic ageing is a reality - within 25 years half the population of Western Europe will be over 50, one quarter over 65, and the Less Developed Countries will contain one billion elderly people. Ageing Societies examines the myths, challenges and opportunities behind these figures. Ageing Societies explores three areas: § the growing necessity for extending economic activity into later life and the implications of societal ageing for the intergenerational contract and the provision of social security § the changes in modern families and the implications the changes have for the provision of support and care for the ageing population § the biggest demographic challenge of all: ageing in the Less Developed Countries where there is little or no infrastructure to provide long-term care or social security. Combining bio-demography, sociology, economics and development studies, Ageing Societies highlights the opportunities of an ageing population for a mature society. Age-integrated and flexible workforces, increased labour mobility, intergenerational integration, age equality and politically stable age-integrated societies are the potential benefits of a demography which will be with us for the majority of this century. |
Contents
Demographic change and development | |
World population prospects | |
Understanding the laws of mortality | |
In conclusion | |
Age and the life course | |
from rest to reward to right | |
Lengthening adult unions and parentchild relationships | |
Spectrum of formal and informal care resources | |
Financial transfers | |
Late life economic security in developing countries | |
Current debates | |
Familybased transfers | |
In conclusion | |
Working and saving for retirement | |
Concerns over the forecast dependency ratio | |
Health status attitudes and expectations of workers | |
Move from defined benefit to defined contribution | |
Reforms in the United States | |
Ageing of life transitions | |
Age integration in the family | |
Developing a framework for understanding the dynamics of mature societies | |
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Ageing Societies DIRECTOR OF THE OXFORD INSTITUTE OF AGEING SARAH. HARPER,Sarah Harper No preview available - 2016 |
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