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Post by barrumundi on Oct 12, 2015 9:32:02 GMT -5
Ageing is all in the mind -and we are failing to adapt to the prospect of lifespans that could exceed 135 years, according to a new book by an expert on geriatric medicine. Rudi Westendorp, its author, points out that we are gaining six hours in life expectancy every day — and he expects this to continue. “The first person to reach the age of 135 has already been born.”
There is “something foolhardy about our stubborn adherence to 65 as the pensionable age, as if it had some kind of biological basis” — when in fact it is the relic of a 19th-century European political compromise, he says.
Full story:
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/humans-can-live-to-135-years-old/story-fnb64oi6-1227565952631
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Post by barrumundi on Oct 12, 2015 9:33:39 GMT -5
I hope the government doesn't read his book......or they will change pension age to 95!
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Post by caliconnection on Oct 12, 2015 13:19:28 GMT -5
Governments are aware of this fact and retirement ages are starting to drift higher.
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Post by dandl93 on Oct 12, 2015 15:13:28 GMT -5
The politicians will raise the age for retirement but will not change the formula for paying into SS in the USA.This formula is the problem with SS when it was figured at the start, it was when average retiree lived 7 years after retiring.Once a person lives past the 7 years what he paid in all those years is gone and he is now drawing other peoples money.With all the baby boomers out living what it was figured SS will be a real broke dept very soon.
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Post by gallito on Oct 14, 2015 12:58:28 GMT -5
Canadian baby boomers will tax the medical system;ignoring the statistics could prove to be the straw... Canadian seniors outnumber kids:StatCan Canada's seniors have edged out the number of children under the age of 15, according to the latest population figures that experts say contain further evidence of a long-projected shift in the country's demographic makeup. The latest round of data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday show seniors made up 16.1 per cent of Canada's population as of July 1, 2015, compared to 16.0 per cent for children between the ages of 0 and 14. The figures show a fundamental shift in Canada's composition and signal that the time to confront looming challenges is at hand, said Amanda Grenier, director of McMaster University's Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging. www.insidehalton.com/news-story/5935883-canadian-seniors-outnumber-kids-statcan/
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