ABSTRACT
We began with a series of statements about the coming times in Europe when the older outnumber the younger. The demographic prediction has placed urgent challenges on institutions and together with changes to retirement laws and pension schemes has transformed ageing from a matter of fact (biological process) into a matter of concern (issue). Questions that to some extent were already settled are now open to debate. For instance, when (and where) are people considered to be old, according to both the gender as well as the country? How should individual and state responsibilities be weighed? Also, new questions arise: Will privileged nations drain care workers from less privileged ones? Which places will become good ageing places and where will there be less care and other ageing resources?
