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Impacts of an old population

Social:

Limitations:

· There is an increased demand for health and social

care

· Young people’s views and education may suffer as

governments try to get the majority votes by impressing the older generation

· Maintaining a dignified quality of life for our elderly

is also a big moral issue

Benefits:

Economic:

Limitations:

· It becomes increasingly difficult for governments to

provide satisfactory pensions, which are ultimately funded by the working

population

· Less people of working age means a lower number of

workers so the economy shrinks and the Tax base of the country also shrinks

Benefits:

Political:

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