Demographic ageing is a reality-within 25 years half the population of Western Europe will
be over 50, one quarter over 65, and the Less Developed Countries will contain one billion …

What is ageing? Why is ageing important and how can we understand it better? How does
policy and practice in relation to ageing populations differ across the globe? This book aims …

Ageing populations represent a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Few areas
of life will remain untouched by the accompanying changes to cultural, economic and social …

This book brings together leading scholars to present an understanding of the processes
underlying the very rapid population ageing in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to …

1. Introduction the phenomenon of population ageing is an issue which we can refer to as
the spirit of the time: all of us are thinking about the issue of longevity gains and we all have …

Tommy Bengtsson Population ageing, the shift in age distribution towards older ages, is of
immense global concern. It is taking place to a varying degree all over the world, more in …

Population Aging: The Transformation of Societies presents an overview and international
comparison of the causes, consequences and policy implications of one of the major …

Sometime in the relatively near future, the human species will reach a watershed moment in
which people over the age of 60 outnumber children. This is a world in which there are both …

This book examines the key aging processes in seven countries (United States, United
Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, China, Nepal, and South Africa) and the main policies that have …

Population ageing-a growth in the proportion of a population that is in older age-is now
occurring in every region and nearly every country of the world. Indeed, the growth of older …