In many countries the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. What problems will this cause for individuals and society? Suggest some measures that could be taken to reduce the impact of ageing populations.

Advancement in medical technologies has steadily increased the living age of the people in many countries.

This

has lead to many problems for the individuals and for the society, like increased

health

care

cost and overpopulation in urban cities.

This

essay will discuss the issues and the solutions to decrease the impact of ageing

population

. Ageing

population

causes increased spending of tax payers dollars on

health

care

and housing. Since people are living longer the

health

care

cost usually increases with the increase in age. As people tend to need additional

care

during the later part of their life.

For instance

, people over 60 years of age generally require

health

checkups and medicine for common alignments like blood pressure and diabetic

care

.

In addition

,

this

also

leads to overpopulation in the urban cities. As older people tend to live with close relatives who would usually work in the

city

.

For example

, they would live with their working son or daughter in the

city

.

This

causes the government to spend additional money on

health

care

and housing for the elderly

population

.

However

, Raising awareness of exercise and balanced diet combined with having a separate housing for the retired people could address the reported issues.

Firstly

, encouraging the elderly to regular exercise and follow a balanced diet would reduce the

health

care

cost. Since

this

would keep the elderly from being sick or requiring constant medical

care

. In

this

case, It would make the elderly active and to take

care

of themselves.

Secondly

, building retirement and senior living homes would move the aged

population

away from the

city

centre.

For example

, having a retirement living outside the

city

would encourage people to move out and form a social group among themselves. These two reasons would reduce the impact on the society and individuals. In conclusion, Even though the aging

population

provides a few challenges to the individuals and the society. We could address the issues by raising awareness on exercise, having balanced diet along with well established retirement community and

care

. In the future,

this

could be used as a model

care

for all citizens around the world.