Cost of care, Houseing, ect
2006-07-07 23:10:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Planning for the elders must be made to sustain their cost of care. Establish homes for the elderly and allocate budget for caregivers to look upon them. The cost will be high but it is the only way to gratify them for taking care of us in our early years of our lives.
2006-07-07 23:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and there's no quick and easy answer. Well, first, we all are continuously aging.. i suppose you mean people who are at or near retirement age. Just read the other day in an Insurance Mag that the majority of current retirees are officially "poor."
The biggest factor, imo, is health care. Since Bush's new plan went into effect, the cost of meds in this country went up 6% (AARP). If memory serves, health care went up 14% or so for each of the past few years. So first thing would be for gvmt to cap prices. They could do it (as other countries - European and Canada), but the US lacks the political will and people are too unmotivated to protest the current practices and legislation.
Building of retirement communities to cater to every conceivable lifestyle is going on, but that too comes at a hefty price for the retiree. My guess is that the majority of elderly will not be able to afford these homes.
What to do... well, Hillary tried her best to reverse some of the mess Reagan got us into with the privatisation of health care, but the anti-powerful-women sentiment seems to outweigh the concern for the benefits that revamping the system would bring for a large segment of the population.
Maybe the answer lies in motivating people to action... then again, I'm not getting my hopes up because most people are just not interested until they themselves feel the pinch it in their own pocketbooks.
There was a case in England not too long ago where they introduced a poll tax and people simply refused to pay it. The first few individuals were prosecuted, but when nobody paid, they had to get rid of the tax. We should take that as an example here, but nobody wants to be the one prosecuted, ergo, we'll continue business as usual.
2006-07-08 06:48:40 · answer #2 · answered by scubalady01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With medicine allowiing people to live longer, the number of older people is increasing by leaps and bounds. I am now 83 and capable of doing everything for myself, and I worked until three years ago. I even drive a car. I am one of the lucky one, though. People are starting to work longer, and they should provide for their retirement with 401k's and investments. The answer is not simple and Social Security must be saved..
2006-07-08 06:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by ringocox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AGE is irreversible process and as when man keep him physically as well as mentally fit than age time increase.this is the reason that hey give much children as well as age time of there own increase.
so ist of all we have to provide them proper education
creat vecuncies for them
provide them benefits.
becuase age time is fixed by God
so we can get benefit by these peolple
2006-07-08 06:49:38 · answer #4 · answered by bright s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what do you want to do with about them? Kill em all? Involuntary euthenisation at the age of 60?
2006-07-08 12:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by sickntireduvdcrap 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think u have to go to moon so no weight pb there . u can do your best if u do this
2006-07-08 06:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by exsoul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what do you have to say about it
2006-07-08 06:25:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋