Europe's ageing population concerns church body
by Maria Mackay
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

The Conference of European Churches (CEC) has stressed that "every phase of life has its own value" with the release of a new paper on Europe's ageing population.

A generation ago, less than three per cent of Europe's population was over 65 but the numbers are growing and by 2050, the number of over-65s across the continent could be as high as 20 per cent, with only half of the population of working age.

in response to this development, the Executive Committee of the Church and Society Commission of the CEC has adopted a position paper on “Ageing and the Care for the Elderly”. the rest