aging population trends and its impact

StevieJ

Wookster wrote: »

You might laugh but if there was genuine political change in Zimbabwe it would be the land of opportunity.

I don't laugh, I totally agree.

budget_counsellor_shaz

Getting old is difficult enough and for some people very 'tough'.

'We concluded that it was virtually impossible to ensure that all acts of euthanasia were truly voluntary and that any liberalisation of the law in the United Kingdom could not be abused.
We were also concerned that vulnerable people - the elderly, lonely, sick or distressed - would feel pressure, whether real or imagined, to request early death.'

Lord Walton, Chairman, House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics looking into euthanasia, 1993

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/against/against_4.shtml


I hope the law doesn't change for us in the future.............:eek:

helwarren

I know several pensioners who have continued to work past their retirement - they do not need to financially but chose to. Whilst I respect they should have the choice I do also think they are keeping other people out of a job (particularly in our currrent climate). So the government are paying their pension and paying someone who is out of work benefits. I guess raising retirement ages helps by delaying paying state pension -but surely proves a problem for the younger people trying to get a job.