Fig 01- Old
and poor, credit to Mayores Saludables
Number
of poor elders is growing worldwide, and surprisingly, the richest
countries have poor older people more and more recently.
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rich countries as examples of older people face getting poorer are
following:
1.USA
Main
cause of poorer elders in America is medical costs. Almost one fourth
of elders face financial problems to cover their health care. This
condition is bad compared to other countries such as Canada, Germany,
France and Sweden
2.United
Kingdom
Around
16% (1 in 6) older people in UK are under poverty line. In term of
number, there are at least 1.9 million older people are poor. It is because
changes in government welfare policies that in-friendly toward
elders.
3.
Japan
It
is because aging population grow so fast, even fastest compared to
other industry countries. Unfortunately, 1 in 4 elders convicted
crime due to poverty, it is called as “silver crime wave.”
Fig 02- Indian blanket in the garden
Fig 03- A chocolate, just for illustration
4.
Australia
30%
of elders is poor in Australia due to increasing of living cost. The
government allocated 3.5% of budget to pensioner, much less than
other developed nations.
5.
New Zealand
Almost
the same with Australia, the high of property price reduces ownership
for elders. The old people are struggling to pay their rent and
fulfill their living cost.
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Source of this post is Age International UK study.
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