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Housing for Senior Citizens five percent in the Netherlands. Moreover, 50 percent of the Dutch housing stock is designed so that it can be adapted to the needs of the disabled or people requiring nursing care at a later stage at minimum expense. However, strict legal regulations with associated high financial cost must be avoided for any transfer to Germany. Low-barrier building standards are mainly needed to keep costs within limits to achieve this. Cross-border investments in housing for senior citizens have barely been observed to date due to high market entry barriers, particularly given the complex requirement for information about local markets. The European comparison also shows that alternative living models for senior citizens have been offered on a modest scale so far and services to cater for the elderly in a domestic environment are often only very weakly evident. Reasons for the need of action – demographic change and its effects Pan-European population ageing Demographic change and the associated effects for the state, economy and society are advancing within a relatively narrow corridor in all European states. Nevertheless fluctuations can be observed among individual European state, which depending on their orientation, have an impact on the need to grapple with this problem and the effort involved. Italy Spain Austria Portugal Greece Bulgaria Poland Hungary Romania Germany Switzerland Belgium France Finland Ireland Netherlands Sweden Norway United Kingdom Denmark Luxembourg Turkey Increasing rate of the group 65 and older in Europe – In proportion of total population – 2050 2000 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Source: Federal Statistical Office, Germany BFW-Study 2007 21
BFW-Study At the same time it can be seen that demographic change as well as associated modifications in the area of the development business in particular are rated differently depending on the country concerned or are already supported by practical measures. The results of the survey confirm that the age structure is shifting in all European countries. In particular the proportion of people aged over 65 will rise due to higher life expectancy. Both improved basic medical care and increased living standards are indicators for this. The proportions will rise to approximately 35 percent in Spain and Italy in particular. Across Europe the share of over 65ers will move up from the current approx 17 to 28 percent in 2020. In Turkey the current level of around 5 percent is the lowest, but the relative rise to approx 18 percent will be the highest by 2050. The growing proportion of older people is the counterpoint to low birth rates. Fertility, as an influencing factor of natural population growth, has fallen below the required replacement level in most industrialised countries since the 1970s. The population is declining over the long term below this level. At present, only Turkey reaches the desirable level of approximately 2.1 births per woman. France and Ireland also approach this limit very closely with birth rates of approximately 1.9. The governments of all countries have recognised the problem of decreasing birth rates and rising life expectancy and are adopting measures to cope with the tasks arising out of these developments. In particular incentives are being offered to young families to increase birth rates. In addition to child allowances and extra kindergarten places, tax relief is being granted, frequently depending on the number of children born. Measures are also being adopted to secure senior citizens financially. These include housing subsidyprogrammes, work initiatives for senior citizens, the stabilisation of pension systems as well as assured social security. In particular, the supply of buildings represents an important Turkey France Ireland Norway United Kingdom Finland Denmark Sweden Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg EU (25 countries) Switzerland Croatia Austria Portugal Italy Spain Germany Romania Hungary Greece Czech Republic Poland Birth Rates – Births per woman – 0,00 0,50 1,00 1,50 2,00 2,50 Source: Eurostat 2007, BFW-Research 22 BFW-Study 2007
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