With the improvements in today’s health care, society has to care for more and more elderly people. Do you feel that society will be able to cope with the increase in numbers of elderly people today and how can it be managed?

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civilization, life expectancy in western countries has increased significantly.

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, fewer babies are being born, causing the relative percentage of elderly people to increase.

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nation can be cared for. When

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grow older, they can

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develop more fitness issues, resulting in more visits to doctors and hospitals, and

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increased usage of pharmaceuticals. Due to the current large numbers of elderly people, the pressure put onto health care systems is increasing. In many western countries, the state provides most of the health care system.

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with increasing numbers of old people, higher percentages of state funding have to be allocated to health care and

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could cause shortfalls in other areas,

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education.

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change in the distribution of money can

therefore

impact

society

negatively.

Society

should be able to handle these changes. Governments will have been able to predict the changing demographic situations in their countries and plan

accordingly

.

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might indeed lead to other sectors in

society

having money taken away from them, but caring for the elderly is one of the key responsibilities of today’s governments. For the future, it might be necessary to ensure that an extra insurance charge is levied on people’s salaries in order that any future financial shortfall is met.

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but would allow governments to have the necessary funds available. In conclusion,

society

today and in the future should be well able to deal with caring for their elderly. It is only a question of careful long-term forecasting and planning.