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Average life expectancy is increasing in developed countries, leading to challenges such as a larger elderly population, increased pension costs, and greater healthcare demands. To mitigate these issues, governments could raise the retirement age, encourage immigration to boost the working population, and reallocate budget funds to support healthcare and services for the elderly. Addressing these concerns is essential as societies adapt to an ageing population.

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Life Expectancy

Average life expectancy is increasing in developed countries, leading to challenges such as a larger elderly population, increased pension costs, and greater healthcare demands. To mitigate these issues, governments could raise the retirement age, encourage immigration to boost the working population, and reallocate budget funds to support healthcare and services for the elderly. Addressing these concerns is essential as societies adapt to an ageing population.

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Life expectancy

In the developed world, average life expectancy is increasing.

What problems will this cause for individuals and society?

Suggest some measures that could be taken to reduce the impact of ageing populations.

It is true that people in industrialised nations can expect to live longer than ever before.
Although there will undoubtedly be some negative consequences of this trend, societies can
take steps to mitigate these potential problems.

As people live longer and the populations of developed countries grow older, several related
problems can be anticipated. The main issue is that there will obviously be more people of
retirement age who will be eligible to receive a pension. The proportion of younger, working
adults will be smaller, and governments will therefore receive less money in taxes in relation to
the size of the population. In other words, an ageing population will mean a greater tax burden
for working adults. Further pressures will include a rise in the demand for healthcare, and the
fact young adults will increasingly have to look after their elderly relatives.

There are several actions that governments could take to solve the problems described above.
Firstly, a simple solution would be to increase the retirement age for working adults, perhaps
from 65 to 70. Nowadays, people of this age tend to be healthy enough to continue a
productive working life. A second measure would be for governments to encourage immigration
in order to increase the number of working adults who pay taxes. Finally, money from national
budgets will need to be taken from other areas and spent on vital healthcare, accommodation
and transport facilities for the rising numbers of older citizens.

In conclusion, various measures can be taken to tackle the problems that are certain to arise as
the populations of countries grow older.

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