senior citizenship, including experience, retirement, role within the family, ageism, finance and health

•senior citizenship 

          •experience

                    •may feel worthless to society as they cannot contribute to anything 

                    •many lived through the war and so have a lot of experience to give people facing the same kinds of pressures today 

                    

          •retirement                    

                    •many of the elderly do not feel ready to retire and live on a pension

                    •some want to work to keep them busy 

                    •some use retirement to do something less stressful e.g travelling  

          •role within the family

                    •may be more dependent on others in order to move around 

                    •may face loneliness if their partner has died 

                    •attitudes from the media may make them feel a burden on others 

          •ageism

                    •the young may have preconceived notions about the elderly 

                    •the media portrays them in some sort of way, stereotyping them all 

                    •they are prejudged to be inferior 

          •finance

                    •many rely on state pensions and so poverty can become a problem 

                    •they may be too unfit to work 

          •health 

                    •many are not as healthy as before 

                    •increasing life expectancy means more strain on financial government services

                    •they get free prescriptions for medical needs