Immortality In American Countries

1.) What difficulties—from retiring baby boomers in the United States to a graying China, to the massive overhang of Europe’s elderly—can private corporations, governments, and other sectors expect as the aging revolution unfolds across the globe? How will changing demographics affect workforce composition? Retirement age? Pension outlays? Taxation? Immigration? Economic growth? How can governments, corporations, and nongovernmental organizations work together to address these issues?

According to the recent studies the older people as compared to the youth are becoming more economically and demographically attractive. However, there are costs of an aging population that the society bears as a whole. (Andrews, 2009)

Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay, “Longevity Crisis? Kill Grandma,” is a very effective piece in its clever usage of humor and truth. A sarcastic beginning aims to highlight the issues which the author deems important and relevant to the aforementioned ‘longevity crisis,’ and simultaneously places responsibility on a variety of different companies. A transition to a more straightforward tone partway through solidifies the author’s point of view by critiquing the governing bodies themselves. Ehrenreich suggests that an outright pro-death policy might be better phrased as “a way of encouraging turnover … rather than death” (par. 10). She continues to argue that since the government is already effectively killing the older generations, the adoption

This week in class we learned about some basic facts about loss, the journey of dying in America, how life expectancy has changed over the years and some examples of how they have changed, we went through some questions like why to study grief and loss, how there is a lack of training for those helping professionals, different settings in which grief can be encountered as well as experiences that could generate reactions, and the benefits of training in loss and grief. Talking about these things made me feel more comfortable with the situation of loss. It also made me feel sad when people share their experiences for some reason. I guess I am more of an emotional person than I thought when it comes to death and dying and usually I just try

Furthermore, this would not be confined to one nation; it would be available to all. Already the longevity of a person’s life shows in Japan. The population of the elderly is 71 percent as large as the working age. Naturally humans are living a longer life span and the mortality rate drops ever year. So with this being said the working age is growing higher as well. In the United States the percentage would be much less because of the more than average rate of immigrants that will keep the age of the working population growing.

Nevertheless, The large growth of grandparents provides a great encouragement for education and training of the new civilization. Now a days, ageing population is usually seen as a problem. However, most of the people reach old age relatively well. This essay aims to argue how the elderly in Australian society contribute to sustainable and healthy communities, and will also show how it is a positive phenomenon. Elderly population are valuable to society in general and especially for the young generation.

Throughout the world and throughout history, the young have always outnumbered the elderly. Over the next 40 years this will change. The population over 60 will grow by one billion to a total of two billion. For the first time in human history there will be more people over 60 than under 15. One in every five people will be elderly. In 1950 there were twelve working people for every elderly person, today nine working people and in 2050 4 working people. More money will go out and less money will come in. (HelpAge International, 2014) Economies will face a change in terms of growth, savings, debts, investment, consumption, labor markets, pensions and taxation. Social impacts will consist of changes in family composition, living arrangements,

All that withers once blossomed. Across the developed world, populations are ageing disproportionately, with youth being slowly eclipsed by age. This ageing demographic is evident in both Australia and Japan. By 2060, those aged 65 and above will account for 40% of Japan’s population, while in Australia, this percentage is expected to exceed 20%. The key challenge posed by an ageing population is the need to bolster productivity with a sustainable labour force. This would help to generate revenue to offset the costs of an ageing population (for example, pension and healthcare). However, factors that bear upon the question of ageing are largely dependent on the political, cultural and economic idiosyncrasies of each nation. The application

The life expectancy is getting higher all over the world. The average world life expectancy from 2010 to 2015 is 68.5 years old; however, that from 1970 to 1975 is 58.3 years old. Basically, food supplement is a factor. Due to the advancement of transportation and agriculture technique, provisions are not the main reasons for short lives. Famines don’t break out as often as before. In addition, this phenomenon means that the medical service is much more available and affordable in most countries, and thus the death rate decreases sharply. If people can live longer and lives are not easy to disappear, the life expectancy will be higher.

The graph illustrates how many people are aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in Japan, Sweden, and USA. Over the given periods, despite some fluctuations, the proportion of population aged 65 and over all increased in three countries. Japan had the least percentage of senior citizens at the start of the period but will have the highest quantity at the end. Conversely, an opposite trend can be seen in the USA.

Older people have higher accumulated savings per head than younger people, but spend less on consumer goods. Depending on the age ranges at which the changes occur, an ageing population may thus result in lower interest rates and the economic benefits of lower inflation. Some economists (Japan) see advantages in such changes, notably the opportunity to progress automation and technological development without causing unemployment. They emphasize a shift from GDP to personal well-being. Besides that, population ageing increases some expenditure for the society, which including some met from public finances. Nowadays, health care and retirement fund have become the largest area of expenditure in many countries, even in some European countries can not afford this expenses. As a result for it , the government have to choose between higher taxes from earning to consumption and a reduced government role in providing health role. On the other hand, ageing society provides fortune and opportunity as well. An ageing population may provide incentive for technological progress, as some hypothesise the effect of a shrinking workforce may be offset by technological unemployment or productivity

Due to the increase in medical technology and breakthroughs, human longevity is now at unprecedented high levels throughout Europe. Current statistics place the average life expectancy at 74 in the United Kingdom (Bongaarts, 2011, p. 4). This rate is expected to increase to as much as 82 within the next forty years. It is unlikely that technology and medical improvements will slow down during this period, and as the elderly live longer, this will place a certain amount of stress on the welfare state and available resources.

Retirement income is a big issue in most developed countries. In the years past, it was not uncommon for elderly to live with and be supported by younger relatives therefore reducing the need for income. Although this is still customary in many parts of the world such as Asia, it is becoming more normal for our older population to still continue to live an independent lifestyle. Aging populations also reiterate the need for retirement plans. Where the normal average life expectancy for males in the 1950s was only sixty-seven and seventy-one for females, it’s now common for women to live for an average of eighty-three years with men slightly behind at seventy-nine years (Statistics New Zealand). By 2036, it is expected that between twenty-one and twenty-four percent of New Zealanders will be aged over sixty-five, whereas in 2012 the figure sat at only fourteen percent. With statistics like these it’s more important than ever to make sure our elderly are provided for in their later years when they are no longer willing or able to work. The way in which different governments go about acquiring funding for this income varies from country to country; here we will look at the different systems in place to cater for our elderly here in New Zealand and compare these to that of the USA and Australia.

The world’s population is ageing rapidly. Between 2000 and 2050, the proportion of the world's older adults is estimated to double from about 11% to 22%. In absolute terms, this is an expected increase from 605 million to 2 billion people over the age of 60.

Singapore has one of the fastest aging populations due to the lack of babies, this consequently led to the slow down in the growth of Singapore’s labor force. Recent research had also found that Singaporean life expectancy had increase from 61 years old in 1957 to today average life expectancy of 80 years old. In order to ensure that these senior citizens have enough savings for their old age, the government in Singapore had encouraged them to stay employed and work longer (Sprinter 2007). To achieve this, the government planed to legislate re-employment for older workers to work beyond 62 to 67 (Sprinter 2007). With the support from WDA in helping companies to redesign jobs and give training for older workers, actions by Tripartite Committee in recommending Employability of Older Workers and nevertheless the upcoming legislation and incentives provided by the government, we will be expecting to see more older workers in the workforce as compare to the past. The result of these efforts had been publicized by NTUC (2007), which shows that the