title: [Retirement in France: from the past to the future].
abstract: Mortality and fertility declines will shape the features of the elderly population in the future. Families with four generations will be frequent. The future elderly will have a higher life expectancy, the time they will live in good health will be even more longer, but they will have likely to devote a part of this time to caring about their own old parents. The proportion of widows among the future elderly will decrease, however, as celibacy and divorce have been frequent during the adulthood of these generations, the proportion of people living alone may increase. The trend will not prevent them to enter at a later age into the nursing homes since they will be probably more educated, wealthier and in better shape, as compared to the elderly of today.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delbes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaymu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009790:Occupations; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012179:Retirement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012847:Single Person; D017805:Widowhood