Understand population change and the implications for the care customer in the next 20 years
This webinar explores population-level ageing, examining drivers of change in the age-structure of the population such as fertility, mortality, and migration. We also discuss shifts in living arrangements, family formation, and dissolution, and their impact on older people's circumstances and sources of support. Additionally, we examine socio-economic differences across cohorts and discussed their implications for the changing care landscape over the next 20 years.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how the age structure of the UK population is changing
- The implications of recent demographic and socio-economic changes for the future care customer
Meet our Experts
Professor Jane Falkingham (OBE) is Professor of Demography and International Social Policy, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton and Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change. Jane is a part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Executive Committee, as a member of the Economic and Social Research Council. She is Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences and the Royal Society of Arts. Her research sits at the interface between social policy and population studies, and spans both developed and developing countries. She has published extensively on the economic and social consequences of population ageing and on the well-being of older people.
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