DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES AND SOCIAL POLICIES IN ROMANIA
DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES AND SOCIAL POLICIES IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: Several factors contributed to the current world demographic configuration: cultural, financial, and socio-economic changes specific to the globalisation process. The improvement of alimentation, the recent progresses in the field of medicine, along with mass immunization, the information and education of the population in the fields of health and care for each stage of life, and practicing mass-sports contributed, as well. From the demo- graphic viewpoint, the main responsible factors are the decreases of the birth rate, increased life expectancy, the migration phenomenon, and population ageing. This latter aspect is the subject of the present paper. The first part reviews the definition of old age from a general and demographic point of view. The second part analyses comprehensively the social vulnerability of this period of life. The third part is dedicated to the impact population ageing has on the configuration of social policies. From the methodological viewpoint, the paper relies on analysing the specialised literature dedicated to demographic ageing. The paper concludes that demographic ageing is analysed by the Romanian literature predominantly during the past two decades of the post-communist period. The phenomenon has impact on the social insurances system (pensions), medical services and social assistance system (social services dedicated to long-term care).

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