This essay discusses the problems of ageing population in the next thirty years at the point of elderly care. It offers two solution and these are then evaluated.
Problem
Since the average age of population climbed, the situation surround the age 60 and over has been changing. For instance, the retirement age was phased out from UK in 2011 (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2010), although it is estimated that two years after past their …show more content…
The latest pension act will decided the amount of the State Pension this autumn which will be £151.25 per week for women aged 60 and men aged 65. This will be 13% higher than current pension, however, it has already decided that women aged 60 cannot receive the pension by they will get 65 from 2018 (Pension Act 2014, 2014). So, there is a need for paying for medical and social care. With reference to Agenda for later life 2014 from Age UK, ___________ elderly used __________ in XXXX (,). In that the expenses of current medical care is supported by NHS and local authority, patients can access those services, but the found for care house or other private hospitals are not exempted (,). Thus the Government has to _________ to decrease the amount of