People are living longer after they retire. What are the problems? What can be done to solve these problems?

Nowadays,

life

expectancy

after retirement has increased in many countries.

This

causes problems that it is important to find solutions to. There are many problems associated with the increase in average

life

expectancy

. The

first

one is that there would be a financial burden for young people.

This

is because longer

life

expectancy

means pension funds now have to pay out much more than the money was paid into them, and the working population has to pay much higher taxes to subsidise the entire elderly population. Another problem is the pressures on medical

care

. Long

life

expectancy

does not mean a healthy

life

as most aged people survive on medications and usually require

care

.

Therefore

, it is a foreseen future that a shortage of

care

providers

such

as doctors or nurses will be exacerbated, and elderly

care

facilities will be strained.

On the other hand

, the problems caused by people living longer could be solved with several solutions. To deal with the financial problem, governments should increase the retirement age, so more elderly people will be able to continue to work and support themselves.

In addition

, each person at working age should save more for their pensions so that we might be unnecessarily dependent on our children or the government’s subsidies after being retired. Another measure is to reduce the pressure on the health

care

system.

This

could be done by technology advancements

such

as using robots to replace the role of nurses in caring for old people, or elderly people themselves should lead healthy lifestyles to avoid having to go to hospital regularly. In conclusion, the fact that people live longer after retirement is not just beneficial to our society because of a range of problems created.

However

, these issues can be resolved if both governments and individuals take efforts.