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Contents
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 2
AGED POPULATION IN UK: ...................................................................................................................... 3
CHALLENGES IN CARING: ........................................................................................................................ 3
POSSIBLE DIRECTION OF ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES: ..................................................................... 4
CONCLUSION:.......................................................................................................................................... 4
REFERENCES: ........................................................................................................................................... 6

INTRODUCTION
Persons aging sixty are generally considered as elderly person by the society and this is also
considered as the beginning of the old age when the person becomes socially, economically
and politically less active. Although there are many elderly persons who remain active
community members and in good health but majority suffers from poor mental and physical
functionalities (Clegg 2013, pp 752-762). In today’s technologically advanced and modern
society the ageing has emerged as one of the major social issue. The elderly persons have less
power and independence in the modern society (Tinker 2014, pp NA). There are several
evidences that show elderly individuals requires variety of personal care ranging from
feeding, dressing to medical needs (Silva 2013, pp 792-803). The present essay briefly
discusses various challenges in caring the elderly persons in today’s modern society with
focus to United Kingdom (UK).

AGED POPULATION IN UK:

With advancements in medical technology, increased awareness of health has resulted in
increase in the number of older population in England and Wales in between the year 2001
and 2011 and is expected that by 2030 there would be approximately 21% more increase. It
has been observed that in UK, the oldest age group that is people aging more than 80 years
old is the fastest growing age group and two third of this population comprises of women
(Victor & Bowling 2012, pp 313-331).

CHALLENGES IN CARING:
The modern society is now facing challenge in enabling its ageing population to live a
fulfilling life. There are number of challenges in different aspects of society associated with
caring of ageing persons. Some of them are discussed as below:

 Poor healthcare services at nursing homes: The nursing homes have always been the
first choice for medical attention for majority of families. However nowadays
maximum number of nursing homes have become only money-making ventures with
less emphasis on addressing appropriate needs to the elderly people. The medical
sector has become so competitive in past few decades that it is focusing upon
benefiting more from less investment. In accordance to this the nursing homes with
limited staffs, rooms and medical equipments fails in providing appropriate care to the
elderly people. Moreover, nursing homes limits the freedom of the elderly people as
they have to follow a stipulated program. Due to financial, space and resource
limitation the nursing homes are unable to allow the elderly people to make their
choices regarding feeding, sleeping and interaction (Sherwin and Winsby 2011, pp
182-190).
 Changing family values and family care: The family members providing care are the
informal carers and they are likely to experience twice the psychological distress
compared to non-carers. In modern world now both male and female members’ forms
working members of the family and for such families caring elderly person becomes
more challenging as they have to manage their job, personal life as well as address the
medical and personal requirements of the elderly member (Bauer & Sousa-Poza 2015,
pp 113-145). Apart from this changing family structure whether be it having fewer
children, increased marital disruption or complex family relationships severely impact
upon the caring of elderly members of the family. Reduced family size or
geographical separation of family members results into less number of family
 members to care elderly person thus further imposing pressure and stress upon active
or immediate carer. (Connidis and Barnett 2018, pp NA).
 Mistreatment and lack of social responsibility: Earlier the society used to take social
responsibility of recognising elderly people with dementia, Alzheimer’s, arthritis.
However as per a study in the modern society the elderly persons have increasingly
witnessed the mistreatment and abuse by the younger generation. Due to biological
ageing the elderly people become physically weak and this makes them dependent
upon others for care. They need assistance in household tasks, eating and even
toileting. However, unlike a child the elderly persons have their own knowledge and
opinions which make care providing situation further more complex (Anetzberger
2012, pp 12-20).

POSSIBLE DIRECTION OF ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES:

In order to address the challenges of caring the elderly persons in the modern informative
society, deep redefinition of the traditional roles of the aged people, family members and
consumer is required. According to a study at first the stereotype of aging should be removed
from the culture as they influences the older adults as how they see themselves, how they
view other older people and the ability of their cognitive and physical performances. While
the number of issues in society with older people is in increase, one factor that must be
considered by the social care professionals is healthy ageing. In western world, the number of
older population is on rise. Therefore abuse, negligence, violence against them can lead to
negative growth in the society. Awareness and social togetherness are two confounding
factors that can results in positive improvements in this section. In Asian countries where
collectivism culture dominates, the older care is more effective due to presence of extended
family. Thus, such type of cultural promotion and social togetherness can enhance the status
of older people in modern society (Dionigi 2015, pp NA)

CONCLUSION:
In today’s modern society the elderly people have to face some common issues such as
isolation and loneliness as there are fewer opportunities to make friends and get involved in
social activities. All these are attributed to the fact that modern’s society is too busy and have
certain misconceptions regarding the elderly people. The common misconceptions that older
people have reduced thought process, poor motor coordination, and increased disability further
leads to negligence. Such negligence has been reported both in clinical care and homecare.
However, modern society must remember it is their duty to promote healthy ageing. Apart from this
as discussed above the core principle of healthcare should be maintenance of hygiene and
providing quality treatment by the trained medical staffs. However, deep concerns has been
expressed in recent years about the quality of care provided to the elderly people in nursing
homes including inappropriate drug administration, poor feeding and patient-centred care.
Moreover at home care not only stress upon informal carer this leads to poor caring resulting
into degradation of health condition of the elderly people.
REFERENCES:

Anetzberger, G., 2012. An update on the nature and scope of elder abuse. Generations, 36(3),
pp.12-20.

Bauer, J.M. and Sousa-Poza, A., 2015. Impacts of informal caregiving on caregiver
employment, health, and family. Journal of Population Ageing, 8(3), pp.113-145.

Clegg, A., Young, J., Iliffe, S., Rikkert, M.O. and Rockwood, K., 2013. Frailty in elderly
people. The lancet, 381(9868), pp.752-762.

Connidis, I.A. and Barnett, A.E., 2018. Family ties and aging. Sage publications.

Dionigi, R.A., 2015. Stereotypes of aging: Their effects on the health of older adults. Journal
of Geriatrics, 2015.

Sherwin, S. and Winsby, M., 2011. A relational perspective on autonomy for older adults
residing in nursing homes. Health Expectations, 14(2), pp.182-190.

Silva, A.L., Teixeira, H.J., Teixeira, M.J.C. and Freitas, S., 2013. The needs of informal
caregivers of elderly people living at home: an integrative review. Scandinavian journal of
caring sciences, 27(4), pp.792-803.

Tinker, A., 2014. Older people in modern society. Routledge.

Victor, C.R. and Bowling, A., 2012. A longitudinal analysis of loneliness among older people
in Great Britain. The Journal of psychology, 146(3), pp.313-331.