Webcast: The future of ageing and social care
Contributed by Economist Intelligence Unit -
Published 17 December 2009
What strategies should we be taking to ensure we are equipped to deal with our ageing societies?
There is no doubt that societies are ageing. By 2018, according to United Nations data, those aged over 65 will outnumber those under 5. No matter where you live in the world, you will regularly be asked to consider a scenario in which future generations' inheritance is whittled away by the growing costs of caring for their society's elderly, whose pensions—if they have them—can no longer cover their own care. Do the scaremongers have a point, or is this an extreme view?
The Economist Intelligence Unit, commissioned by Philips, has assembled a panel of experts to debate some of the big issues around the future of ageing and social care. This webcast discusses the most likely scenarios for care provision, and address whether the logistics of provision can be balanced against equally relevant personal and emotional factors.
The panellists are:
Stephen Burke, chief executive of Counsel and Care, a UK-based charity
Professor Des O’Neill, president-elect of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society
Richard Humphries, senior fellow in social care, The King’s Fund
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