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In many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. Some people say an ageing population creates problems for the society. Others think it has benefits for the society. To what extent do you think the advantages overweigh disadvantages?

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In many countries,
people
 are now living longer than ever before. Some
people
 say an ageing
population
 creates problems for the
society
. Others think it has
benefits
 for the
society
. To what extent do you think the advantages
overweigh
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disadvantages
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the disadvantages
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? Nowadays,
people
are having
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have
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 longer lives in many parts of the world compared to their previous generations. Some believe that
this
 issue is problematic for governments;
however
, others think it will have
benefits
 for
the
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society
. I believe that
ageing
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the ageing
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 of
population
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the population
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 has more negative consequences
such
 as
need
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the need
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of
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for
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provision
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the provision
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 of extra medical and curing
service
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services
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 for elderly
people
as well as
 less functionality of
society
 in terms of
economy
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the economy
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 as many of its members are overaged.
Firstly
, elderly
people
 need more medical services science many of them suffer
uncurable
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from uncurable
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 health problems
such
 as blood pressure, diabetes, and some
orthopedic
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 issues.
Therefore
,
government
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the government
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 should allocate a higher budget
on
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to
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 medicine.
Additionally
, many
of
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elderly
people
 have no one to take care of them, so they need nurses to help them and again governments must consider welfare
centers
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centres
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 and facilities for
this
 group of elderly
people
.
Secondly
, a vast portion of elderly
people
 are not able to work,
therefore
, they can not help the growth of
country’s
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the country’s
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 economy and in
this
 way,
society
 may face
crisis
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a crisis
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 of
minimal
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a minimal
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 youth
population
 which will take a long time to be fixed.
How ever
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However
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, the longer life span of
people
 has some
benefits
such
 as the individual consent
of
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to
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 having a longer life. It is obvious that
,
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 all happy individual, who finds life rewarding, want to live longer,
therefore
,
people
 are happier as they live longer.
In addition
 to that, elderly
people
 have lots of operational experiences that can be useful for
juvenile
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 so that they become one of the most reliable sources of knowledge in
the
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society
. In conclusion, as the
population
 become older, urges for health care and social assistance increase
while
,
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 many of these elderly
people
 are not able to be
economical
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 helpful for
society
. Despite some
benefits
 of
this
 issue namely individual satisfaction and transformation of wisdom and experience,
disadvantages
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the disadvantages
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overweigh
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advantages
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the advantages
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.
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