In many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. Some people say an ageing population creates problems for governments. Other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people To what extent do the advantages of having an aging population outweigh the disadvantages.

In recent decades, worldwide, the number of elderly people has shown an increase, since they have had longer life spans. There is a view that people at the age of retirement are a burden for the government , creating problems for it.

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, others believe that it is more beneficial to have the old generation since they are valuable and serve the respect and honour in society. Personally, I think that the disadvantages slightly outweigh the advantages in the case of the economic pressure that the ageing communities bring. Many older communities require a good deal of healthcare, either personal or nursing care. Especially, if they don't have family who are able or willing to look after them,

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the care has to be provided in a residential home or a nursing home.

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, the ageing population typically requires long-term healthcare and frequent medical attention.

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, in turn, creates difficulties with the finances of the state, and often the elderly population do not have the money to pay for the care by themselves.

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, it is the young and middle-aged ones who do most of the work and pay most taxes for public services, which keeps the country going, not the older generation.

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, the increasing imbalance between taxpayers and dependents is problematic in financial terms for the government, which leads to slower economic growth in the country.

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imbalance may result in decreased economic output, slower innovation, and greatly increase the rate of taxation on the working population to support the government. In conclusion,

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the presence of elderly people offers certain social and cultural advantages, the economic and financial pressure they create for the state and working-age populations is more important