What are the disadvantages of an ageing population?

Answer 1

There are several

Health care costs go up as the population grows older

Social Security is in trouble because retirement funds are paid out for many more people because the aging population is living longer, meaning more draws on the fund as compared to people putting money into the fund

Insurance rates go up as the insurance companies adjust to an older population

The population lives closer together because an aging population means a growing population as more people are born than die (since the oldsters are living longer). More people mean more stress.

Robberies and muggings increase as drug users prey on the aged

Prices go up as demand for food products goes up

Retirement homes, assisting living centers, and other businesses dealing with the aging population are growing

Answer 2

Disadvantages: Overwhelming social security, insurances rates on the rise, health benefits decreased, etc.

But even with these things I'm grateful to be living in a time period when there is an aging population. Back in my grandmothers youth a person was thought to be old if they were 30-40, and very few people lived past this age. Woman died often because of the complications of child birth and men died often from unsafe work practices. The elder population has set up the benefits the young population has today. Remember in the early 1900s it was thought completely feasible for a 5-6 years old child to work full time hours at factories. Woman were thought to be best barefooted, pregnant, and in the kitchen. Blacks were considered inhumane,etc.

Every disadvantage we say the elder generations are to us today are really not disadvantages. Can you picture life without social security as a safe guard for your golden years? Or how about being 90 and being told that you can't have the medication you need for your arthritis because the government that you helped mold can't afford it?

I cant. If you are writing an essay I would include some of the information from the paragraphs I wrote. All my professors thought it was a very vital and important fact that is often over looked.

Answer 3

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Disadvantages: as the population is greying (getting older) this means that taxes increase do to old folks homes special centres for the old and because they have pensions and to pay for meals on wheels etc which means that people have to work longer and so the retiring age increases. Advantages: are that people live for longer and so there are more people to do jobs and so the country can function well and make money.... those are all i can think of off the top of my head but there are some more!

Answer 4

Overwhelming social security

Answer 5

More health care costs

No fighters for wars

Money concentrated in one group of people.

Answer 6

More competition for creme jobs from older people loathe to give them up.