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This 7 page paper relates the life stage perspective on the elderly. Over the course of the past century, improvements in healthcare, improvements in lifestyles and greater access to beneficial resources has led to an increase in the age of the general population. Elderly people, those over the age of 60, now comprise the largest demographic population in the United States, and the society has struggled with the shift to maintain services and provide support for this population. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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those over the age of 60, now comprise the largest demographic population in the United States, and the society has struggled with the shift to maintain services and provide support
for this population. There is little dispute that the aggregate age of the UK population is increasing, and that the population of elderly is the largest growing demographic
groups in the country. Over the course of the past two decades, increasing access to medical care, increasing quality of care, and health improvements in general have led
to a longer life span and subsequent increasing personal and career development in the over 65 demographic group. More and more seniors are working, retaining their jobs into their
70s and even 80s, and the viability of the workforce is not longer dependent on assessments of age. At the same time, debates have been waged regarding the efficacy
of an elderly workforce and the value of the elderly in the era of high technology. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development stated in its 2002 report
that the UK spent 4.3 percent of its Gross Domestic Product on pensions for the elderly in 2000 (Investment Advisor, 2002). Health care spending on the elderly with
increase from 5.6 percent of the GDP in 2000 to over 7.4 percent in 2040 (Investment Advisor, 2002). This reflects a considerable shift in expenditure and an increasing view
of the aging of the elderly population. Genaro Armas (2002), in his article "People 65-plus Increase by 300%," provides some documentation regarding the increasing elderly population worldwide and
the possible impacts of this process. Armas (2002) states that the number of people over the age of 65 years throughout the world will increase to some 420 million,
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