Listening: Who Will Care for an Ageing Society?

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B2 | Listening from video | 11 min

Who Will Care for an Ageing Society?

Watch the whole video. You can watch more than once. Then answer the questions below. (5:15)

Choose the best answer.

1. What is the main point of the video?

____ Japan has found answers to elder care that other countries can copy.____ Japan shows how hard it is to care for an ageing population.____ Japan's care insurance works well, but only for very old people.

2. Why did many older people stay in hospitals for months in 1970s Japan?

____ Doctors said that long stays were the best treatment for them.____ Their families could not afford to pay for homes or nurses.____ There were few other places to live, and healthcare was free.

3. According to the video, who especially benefited when the care insurance began?

____ Women who used to give unpaid care at home.____ Young workers who found well-paid jobs in care homes.____ Hospital owners whose wards were no longer crowded.

4. What do experts say about robots and older people working longer?

____ They will fully cover the shortage of care workers expected by 2040.____ They cannot do it all, because serious illness needs human care.____ They are too expensive for most small nursing homes to use widely.

True, False or Not Given? Choose Not Given if the video does not say.

5. Only people who are already elderly pay into the long-term care insurance.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

6. Older workers in Japan usually earn less than younger people doing the same jobs.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

7. Some care homes in Japan are trying out robot animals to keep lonely patients with dementia company.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Complete each sentence with the words you hear.

A NUMBER from the video.

8. By 2024, more than ____ million people in Japan were asking for care support.

A NUMBER from the video.

9. Japan has about 2 million care workers today, and the government thinks it will need almost ____ million by 2040.

A NUMBER from the video.

10. In more than ____ percent of homes where relatives give daily care, both people are 65 or older.

Who Will Care for an Ageing Society?

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