In the future, it is expected that there will be a higher proportion of older people in some countries. Is this positive or negative development?

It is certainly true that the increase in life expectancy in the rich, modern, industrialized countries could cause several problems for individuals and society. There are various measures can be taken by governments to improve the situation. One of the main problems associated with the increase in the population of senior citizens is that governments need to allocate much more money as a pension for

this

age group to survive.

This

imposes a greater tax burden on working populations because of the reduction of working people and larger amount of money needs.

Furthermore

, if countries have a higher elderly proportion

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the demand of healthcare will rise as older people are more prone to disease and illnesses by nature. Another problem is that young adults will have to sacrifice their time to look after their elderly relatives.

However

, it is not impossible to tackle these problems

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Firstly

, governments

need

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needs

to enforce the later retirement policy and raise the state pension age.

For example

, retirement age raised to about 67 years old in France. At the same time

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government should encourage people to have more children and immigration in order to boost the number of young adults in the future. With regards to the demand for healthcare service, governments of

developed

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developing

countries could play their part by supporting new medical research and health programmes which might allow the elderly to stay healthy and work longer. In conclusion, governments should tackle higher aging population by having more adults workers and reduce unhealthy conditions. If these measures are taken, I believe that the increase of retired people will have less impact in most developed countries.