Today due to advanced medicine, people are living longer. Because of this, older people are projected to outnumber younger people. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

In recent years the average

life

expectancy has been on the rise owing to medical advances.

Therefore

, the

number

of seniors is going to be higher than the

number

of younger people. The benefits and drawbacks of

this

trend will be compared in

this

essay. One of the considerable arising merits is that those living for a longer period of time can enjoy their lives more as they can experience new inventions and innovations which were not available when they were younger.

For example

, watching Netflix or using a cellphone to order a can bring excitement to the lives of old grandparents who could not have seen these things if they had died earlier.

Moreover

, the youth can enjoy their parents’ and grandparents’ companion in their

life

. Indeed, older members of a family can support the younger ones emotionally and ameliorate their stress when they are pressed for time and money to fulfil their career ambitions or achieve academic goals. From an economic standpoint, societies can be adversely affected by the excess

number

of pensioners.

Firstly

, the

number

of sick or disabled people among those who had lived longer is probably higher than its average in the whole population which makes authorities allocate a huge amount of budget for treating these people by operations, drugs, syringes, etc.

In addition

, there will be more pressure on public funding since the

number

of pensioners gets higher than the

number

of taxpayers. In conclusion, the advantages of higher

life

expectancy

such

as the impacts on people’s personal and social

life

outweigh its disadvantages

such

as the negative effects on the economy.