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Flashcards in Ageing Populations Deck (4)
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1
Q

What are the benefits?

A

Spend money on goods and services
Bring wisdom and experience to worlds of politics and commerce
Voluntary charitable work

2
Q

What is the dependency ratio?

A

= (pop. under 16) + (pop over 65) / pop (15-64) x 100

3
Q

What are the economic costs?

A

Health treatment
Housing costs
Fund care homes
Housing shortages as occupy for longer driving up prices for young

4
Q

What are the responsibility and care costs?

A

Emotional burden on unpaid carers as more degenerative diseases at old age