Dejuvenation and ageing have many social aspects

Abstract

In the next decades the population of the Netherlands will dejuvenate and age. Although, the consequences of this development have already received much attention, it was often concentrated on consequences for a limited number of topics. Demographic change, however, affects nearly all aspects of society. To which degree and at which moment in the future the consequences take effect, will depend on among other things the age-specific character of the aspect in question. In this paper the effect of dejuvenation and ageing is explored for several aspects.