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Ageing, Care Need and Quality of Life - The Perspective of Care Givers and People in Need of Care (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Ageing, Care Need and Quality of Life - The Perspective of Care Givers and People in Need of Care (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Series: Demografischer Wandel - Hintergrunde und Herausforderungen
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Steadily increasing life expectancy is one of the great
achievements of industrialised societies over the last century.
Life expectancy has not only been growing among the young and those
reaching retirement age, but also, especially in recent decades,
among people ages 80 and above. These improvements in life
expectancy have led to the emergence of the so-called third age,
when people retire, but are still you- ful, healthy and able to
participate in society. Nevertheless, closer to the end of life, a
fourth age of decrepitude and dependence on others has to be
anticipated. - spite the postponement of functional limitations and
severe disabilities into higher ages, the debate continues over
whether the additional years gained are healthy years, or years
with severe care need, particularly among the oldest old, the
fastest growing segment of the population. Future improvements in
life expectancy and the health status of the elderly will determine
the need for care in the future. While different assumptions about
these trends based on expert opinion or the extrapolation of past
experiences can be made, there will always be a degree of
uncertainty about future trends. A third - portant factor driving
the extent of future care need is, however, already determined by
the history of the past century and is embedded in the age
structures of our populations.
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