The number of older people is increasing. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

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The ageing
population
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is a problem that many countries are facing nowadays.
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this
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essay will discuss both pros and cons of increasing number of elderly people.
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,
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in my opinion, having a large
population
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of older people has more disadvantages than advantages.
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On
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one hand, there is no doubt that the seniors can contribute to the society in some ways. They, undoubtedly, have more
knowledge
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over the years in
comparision
the act of examining resemblances
comparison
to their younger ones. They are
maturet
fully ripe; at the height of bloom
matured
mature
persons to get advice from as they have already
gor
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
got
experience of every situation in their lives. They
also
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have deep
knowledge
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on different life or career experiences.
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, the younger generation can easily engrave their
knowledge
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from the older people.
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for
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For
instance, recent
resserach
systematic investigation to establish facts
research
concluded that older people are the one who had a great role in the
postive
characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
positive
attitude
developement
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
development
in young people.
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the older people help youngsters to give valuable
knowledge
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which is crucial
for
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to
their lives.
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, there are more disadvantages than advantages to having a large
population
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of seniors.
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firstly
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Firstly
, Older people are the most unproductive in the workforce of a nation. Most of them are dependent and physically and mentally
weak so
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weak, so
they have
todepend
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to depend
on their children.
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, at a certain age, they are more susceptible to developing numerous diseases and illnesses.
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, medical care are
required which
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required, which
is more expensive.
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, nursing homes are not cheap either and caring for elderly sick people is never
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an
easy work.
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,
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they suffer
from a financial burden on their children.
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, they are becoming
burden
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a burden
for the society and their family member as well. To sum up, the drawbacks of having a large ageing
population
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definitely outweigh the benefits. Economically, the ageing
population
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does not add much value to the society as they are not capable to work mentally as well as physically weak advance and
its
the thing named or in question
it
cost more
budnet
a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
budget
to improve
thir
of them or themselves
their
life style
such
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as health
faciliries
a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
facilities
,

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