ageingsociety.ppt

Ageing Society March 9th 2012 What is Population Society？ Population ageing occurs when the median age of a country or region rises. This happens because of rising life expectancy or declining birth rates. More of us are living longer than ever before. ----------Wikipedia China faces challenges of ageing society ---------Xinhua March 19, 2011 Being looked after by his son and three daughters who live in the same community in Shanghai, Xia Hongqi, 91, is living his twilight years in the traditional Chinese way. Xia is in good health and satisfied with the situation. He says he is lucky, because the way families in China support their elders had transformed dramatically in recent years due to the countrys changing population structure. Population ageing in the United States of America: implications for public programmes --------Oxford Journals International Journal of EpidemiologyVolume 31, Issue 4 ----------Source: US Bureau of the Census. Like the rest of the world, the US is an ageing society. This will place substantial additional pressure on publicly-funded health, long-term and income support programmes for older people. Implications for organization and delivery of health care Shift from acute to chronic illnesses Health and long-term care workforce issues Public programmes for older people In a word, the ageing of the population in the US will place substantial additional economic burden on public programmes. Looking to the future, a great deal will depend on the economy and the political will to control health care costs and pay for these programmes. /content/31/4/776.full for more imformation. Viewpoints: Britains ageing society ------BBC online Tuesday, 7 December 2004 In spite of the evidence to the contrary, many people in this country still believe in the notion of intellectual decline with age. The trouble is that older people are quite likely to accept thi