- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Chapter 1 Demography of global ageing
- Chapter 2 Population ageing in Europe
- Chapter 3 Ageing in North America: Canada and the United States
- Chapter 4 Population ageing in South and Central America
- Chapter 5 Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 6 Population ageing in Asia
- Chapter 7 Population ageing in Arab countries
- Chapter 8 Population ageing in Oceania
- Chapter 9 Health expectancies
- Chapter 10 Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later life
- Chapter 11 Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Chapter 12 Economic implications of population ageing
- Chapter 13 Policy options for responding to population ageing
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing
(p. 77) Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Chapter:
- (p. 77) Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Author(s):
John R. Beard
, Anne Margriet Pot
, and Geeske Peeters
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198701590.003.0011
Population ageing presents both opportunities and challenges to societies and governments. While even today, the economic contribution of older people is likely to outweigh the expenditure on them by governments, this balance could be even more positive in the future. Yet, outdated stereotypes of ageing are pervasive and limit the way older people are viewed and the way policy is framed. Moving forward will require a broader understanding of the diversity of older populations, the inequities that underpin it, and of the many and varied opportunities for societal responses that can enable the abilities of older people. What population ageing ultimately implies for societies and governments will therefore depend as much on societal attitudes and response as it will on the intrinsic capacities and needs of older populations.
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- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Chapter 1 Demography of global ageing
- Chapter 2 Population ageing in Europe
- Chapter 3 Ageing in North America: Canada and the United States
- Chapter 4 Population ageing in South and Central America
- Chapter 5 Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 6 Population ageing in Asia
- Chapter 7 Population ageing in Arab countries
- Chapter 8 Population ageing in Oceania
- Chapter 9 Health expectancies
- Chapter 10 Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later life
- Chapter 11 Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Chapter 12 Economic implications of population ageing
- Chapter 13 Policy options for responding to population ageing
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing