Nowadays, owing to the many advances medicine and science have encountered since the twentieth century, lifetime expectation is found to outstandingly grow in myriad developed countries. Hence, the citizens are currently ageing in the latter and issues may follow. Thus, it begs the question : what is the balance between the benefits and the negative aspects of this evolution ?In my opinion, this is highly disadvantageous. This essay aims to answer this question by first stating the very nature of this development and will follow by depicting the impacts on our society.