How Aging Societies May Affect Global Growth Prospects

Loser, Claudio; Fajgenbaum, Jose; Kohli, Harpaul Alberto; Vilkelyte, Ieva

doi:10.1177/0974910117747770

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“…The shift of population to an aging society affects world economic and sociology concerns in many aspects. One major concern regarding this shift is the health care of the elders, which has become the priority in many countries (1). Another important factor affecting the health condition of the elders is frailty.…”

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Biomarker: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and telomere length of Thai elderly people with frailty

Ruangsuriya

Siviroj

Ayood

et al. 2019

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Introduction: Thailand has a rapidly aging population; assessing frailty earlier with biochemical markers could identify many adverse outcomes such as disability, hospitalization, and death. We aimed to examine the correlation between Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and telomere length and frailty for elderly people in Northern Thailand. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed between May 2017 and March 2018 with a total of 350 elderly aged 60 and older for frailty phenotype assessment by five frailty criteria including unintentional weight loss, exhaustion, slowness, low physical activities, and grip strength weakness. Twenty-eight subjects in both the frailty and non-frailty groups were analyzed for basic clinical parameters, including plasma TEAC, TBARS, and telomere length. Results: Alanine aminotransferase activity, albumin concentration, cholesterol level, and telomere length were significantly low in the frailty group. The albumin level, TEAC, and telomere length were significantly higher between the ages of 60 and 75 years compared to those with non-frailty over 75 years of age. Likewise, albumin and cholesterol levels were significantly higher in the frailty group aged 60–75 years. Albumin concentration, cholesterol level, TEAC, and telomere length were significantly higher in the non-frailty group when compared to the frailty group aged 60–75 years, but no significant difference was found among these biochemical parameters of frailty and non-frailty whose age was above 75 years. Conclusion: The reduction of albumin concentration, cholesterol level, TEAC, and telomere length supports the underlying mechanism of frailty screened by the frailty phenotype tool in a specific age range. However, further analyses with multi-parameters must be validated before the application in clinical diagnosis for frailty.

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Biomarker: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and telomere length of Thai elderly people with frailty

Ruangsuriya

Siviroj

Ayood

et al. 2019

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“…Clearly, the influence of aging is widespread and might be inestimable. As for the specific effects of an aging population structure to a society, studies showed that a fall in productivity and consumption should be a major one in economic prospect, while pension pressures should not be neglected, either [3][4][5]. Moreover, Yoshino and Taghizadeh-Hesary claimed that aging of population could be a structural problem causing recession [6].…”

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The Nexus between Population Structure, Debt Ratio, Unemployment, and Leadership Election in Aging Countries

Deng¹

2023

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For the past decades, aging of population has been a growing concern for many countries, imposing downward pressure on consumption, production, and population growth. Meanwhile, voters in aging countries, influenced by socioeconomic conditions like higher age dependency ratio, rising unemployment rate, constant inflow of immigration and lower fertility rate, might have specific preferences for the corresponding policy targets purposed by the leadership election candidates and might further affect the economic and immigration policies implemented by the new governments after elections. With the investigation of how the preferences of the voters for economic and immigration policies, sharped by the socioeconomic conditions, affect the implementation of the corresponding policies after leadership elections, candidates of these elections might be capable of gaining more support from voters by modifying their election platform, accordingly. In this study, three multinomial logistic models are conducted with government expenditure, taxation, and immigration policies set as dummy dependent variables, separately. And the results imply that, in aging countries, a high level of unemployment tends to induce the new governments to impose more stringent immigration policy and reduce taxation, while the possibility of a decrease of government expenditure would be higher. However, for countries with higher population growth, the new governments would be more likely to implement a tax increase.

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“…The rapid growth of the ageing population requires immediate government concern. An ageing population is believed to be an economic burden through an increasing dependency ratio and decreasing saving rates (Bloom et al , 2015), declining labour supply (Bloom et al , 2015; Otsu and Shibayama, 2016; Loser et al , 2017; Hsu et al , 2018), and increasing expenditure caused by pension schemes, social security and health services (Bloom et al , 2015; Otsu and Shibayama, 2016; Hazra et al , 2018). Indonesia's recent policy response to these ageing issues has been positively and unquestioningly accepted by most Indonesians.…”

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Constructions of older people's identities in Indonesian regional ageing policies: the impacts on micro and macro experiences of ageing

2021

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As Indonesia experiences rapid growth of the ageing population, the government's attention has turned to the wellbeing of older people. This study aims to review critically the construction of older people's identity and care within regional ageing policies in Indonesia. Working from a critical gerontology perspective, a critical discourse analysis of 16 regional ageing policies identified two constructions, labelled ‘material’ and ‘cultural’ ageing, which were used to position older people. The analysis showed that ‘material ageing’ positions older people at the intersection of ‘decline’ and ‘successful ageing’ discourses, while ‘cultural ageing’ positions older people's welfare at the intersection of ‘public responsibility’ and ‘family obligation’ discourses. These discursive constructions in the policy documents have both micro (interpersonal) and macro (structural) constructive effects. At the micro-level, the regional ageing policies stand at a crossroad between empowering and marginalising older people and their families. While the dominant discourse of ‘successful ageing’ encourages older people to be healthy, it marginalises those who do not, or cannot, meet its criteria, undermining a rehabilitative approach as a policy priority. In addition, the rights of the family are overlooked, despite being a pivotal element of cultural ageing. At the macro level, a moral dilemma appears in defining the public and private domains of older people's welfare. Eligibility requirements for state assistance (due to budgetary constraints) ensure that elder care is often relegated to the private sphere, without support. Recommendations for policy improvement are discussed, including the recognition of families’ rights and the importance of local cultural practices in providing care for older people.

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How Aging Societies May Affect Global Growth Prospects

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Biomarker: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and telomere length of Thai elderly people with frailty

Biomarker: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and telomere length of Thai elderly people with frailty

The Nexus between Population Structure, Debt Ratio, Unemployment, and Leadership Election in Aging Countries

Constructions of older people's identities in Indonesian regional ageing policies: the impacts on micro and macro experiences of ageing

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