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Mind Map by Tash Davison, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tash Davison
over 11 years ago
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Advantages and Disadvantages
of Aging Population in Japan
- Disadvantages
- Workforce
- The labor force will have
shrunk to 5.3 million by the
year 2015
- Passport control at
Tokyo's Airport most of
the employees are of
pensionable age
- Taxi drivers and
Shopkeepers are mostly
elderly
- In 2025 there will be
only 2 workers paying
taxes to support
pensioners
- Shortage of
Japanese workers
has led to 200,000
foreign workers to
come and work
illegally
- Women being encouraged to work and
men are being encouraged to work after
retirement
- The labor force will have
shrunk to 5.3 million by the
year 2015
- Pensions
- Pension reforms made in 2005
- Rise in age of retirement
- Pensions are predicted to fall unless birth rate increases rapidly
- Pension reforms made in 2005
- Health Care
- Increasing number of elderly in care homes
- Payment for elderly care accounts for half of Japan's health budget
- In 2000 a tax for over 40s was
introduced for the payment of
elderly equipment (e.g
wheelchair)
- New health insurance scheme for over
75s introduced in 2008 (hurry up and die
scheme). Used as an incentive to
shorten days in hospital for elderly
- There has been an increase in the
number of nursing homes but there still
aren't enough for the requirement
number.
- Increasing number of elderly in care homes
- Workforce
- Disadvantages
- The Greying Yen
- 'Grey boom'
- More pensioners are
spending more on
luxury items
- Could lead to a growth in
the ecomomy
- 'Grey boom'
- Technology
- Technological explosion
- Inspired a ray of gadgets for the elederly
- Online kettle automatically sends an
email to 3 people when switched on
- Internet linked sensors can be attached to home objects
- Bathmats
- Fridges
- Bathmats
- Online kettle automatically sends an
email to 3 people when switched on
- Technological explosion
- The Greying Yen
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