The age is no measured in years

The cost of health care for elderly people in industrialized countries should be reconstructed. This is the main conclusion of a study led by U.S. and Austrian researchers says that due to the improved quality of life experienced by people in this age group, the investment required to meet their needs in the coming decades will not be as high as previously estimated.
Just as many countries debate the possibility of raising the retirement age, the authors of this study published in the journal Science suggest a new method for measuring aging, rather than relying solely on chronological age, also takes into account other factors such as the degree of disability of the person.

The age is no measured in years

Currently, the researchers explain, the way in which the projected aging do have to "ignore the progress in life expectancy and improved health status," the elderly. "These indicators considered in many cases that people are older when they turn 65 or even before," he stressed.However, in his words, more people of 65 do not need any care from others and can even act as providers of assistance to others.

Age and years

"If we apply the measures we propose to calculate the age and take into account increased life expectancy and decreasing the number of people suffering from handicaps to age, we see that the population is aging more slowly than we expected" , they say.At work, researchers stress that applying the new method, which, through various measurements estimated the relationship between those needing care and the resources available to meet their needs-has important implications. "Our study shows that people see more than 65 years as a" burden on society 'is an outmoded concept, "they say.