SOCI 1002H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dependency Ratio, Elder Abuse
14 Jun 2018
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How is Aging a Sociological Problem?
Apocalyptic Demography
• Working population is starting to disappear with such large aging population
• Dependency ratio: number of paid workers it takes to support the population
• Is predicted to become 84:100 (working:not working)
• Stereotypes:
• Grey tsunami, greedy geezers, threat to national prosperity
• Ex. show Grace and Frankie
As result of HIV, grandmothers in Africa have buried adult children, and are raising
grandchildren and great grandchildren
Life Course and the Aging Body
• Age categories are key to social organization (childhood, adolescence, adulthood)
• Cohort: age categories linked to cultural experiences
• Millennial and the war on terror
• What other cultural experiences are linked to your age cohort?
Linked Lives
• Aging differently at the same time
• Garment workers
• Drug testing
• Mortality rates amongst developing world workers
Embodied Aging:
• The place of the aging body in addition to cohort experiences
• Elder abuse
• Sport
• Sex
• Imprisoned
Future Trends
• Technologically enhanced mortality
• Flexibility and precarity
• Delayed retirement
• Cohort changes: delayed adulthood
• Fewer successful life transitions 18-34
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Document Summary
Apocalyptic demography: working population is starting to disappear with such large aging population, dependency ratio: number of paid workers it takes to support the population. Is predicted to become 84:100 (working:not working: stereotypes, grey tsunami, greedy geezers, threat to national prosperity, ex. show grace and frankie. As result of hiv, grandmothers in africa have buried adult children, and are raising grandchildren and great grandchildren. Linked lives: aging differently at the same time, garment workers, drug testing, mortality rates amongst developing world workers. Embodied aging: the place of the aging body in addition to cohort experiences, elder abuse, sport, sex.
