Family members and friends caring for elderly people find it hard to spend enough time looking after them. What are the causes of this problem? What solutions can you suggest?

The given bar chart compares the workforce participation rates of older

men

and

women

aged 60-64 in four different countries over a 30-year period. It shows that between 1970 and 2000, the

employment

rate

of older

men

decreased significantly in all countries,

while

the

employment

rate

of older

women

remained relatively stable over the same time period.

Overall

, the

employment

rate

of elderly

men

in 1970 was very high, exceeding 70

percent

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in all countries.

However

, by 2000, the

employment

rates of older

men

in Australia, the United States and Belgium had decreased significantly to around 25

percent

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.

Conversely

, in 1970, the

employment

rate

of older

women

was much lower than that of older

men

, ranging from 7% to 40%. In 2000, the

employment

rate

of elderly

women

remained basically unchanged in Japan and Belgium,

while

the

labor

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force participation of

women

significantly increased in Australia and the United States.