Rethinking long-term growth in an ageing world
Maturing populations threaten to undermine economic growth, public finances and financial markets. [Taylor Pearce – OMFIF, 19 July 2023.] READ MORE
Singapore set to transform healthcare system to cater to rapidly ageing population
Older people are four times as likely to be hospitalized, and stay three times as long as younger adults. [Salma Khalik – The Straight Times, 7 July 2023.] READ MORE
Half of EU’s population older than 44.4 years in 2022
Across the EU countries, the median age ranged from 38.3 years in Cyprus, 38.8 in Ireland and 39.7 in Luxembourg to 48.0 years in Italy, 46.8 in Portugal and 46.1 in Greece. In total, 18 EU [...]
The World’s Oldest Populations
According to the United Nations Population Division, the number of persons aged 65 and older is expected to double over the next three decades, reaching 1.6 billion in 2050. [Felix Richter [...]
Ireland’s ageing population: “We should be anticipating potential problems and intervening”
Looking forward to the next 20 years, the number of people aged 85 years and over is projected to rise from 89,000 to a massive 222,000. This age-group already accounts for half of people in [...]
Population ageing in China: crisis or opportunity?
To ensure financial security for all, China should subsidize medical care and education for the poorest people, adopting a life-course approach to the social determinants of health, and narrow [...]
An ageing population needs a different approach to housing and care
Repurposing homes and making changes to public health and medical care will help us address these challenges. [Ellie Graeden and Darrell Bricker – World Economic Forum, 10 October 2022.] [...]
Germany debates raising retirement age to 70
An aging population, a dramatic labor shortage and a pension pot shortfall are an explosive mix for German economy and society. Would raising the age of retirement to 70 kill all those birds with [...]
More than half of Americans in their 40s are ‘sandwiched’ between an aging parent and their own children
These are adults who have a parent age 65 or older and are either raising at least one child younger than 18 or providing financial support to an adult child. [Juliana Menasce Horowitz [...]
