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There are also ramifications with older people who have no one to care for them at the end of their lives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/01
by bmj 8y ago
There are also ramifications with older people who have no one to care for them at the end of their lives.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/01/24/feature/so-many-japanese-people-die-alone-theres-a-whole-industry-devoted-to-cleaning-up-after-them/?utm_term=.4489ca47a16d https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/01/24/feat...
- gowld 8y agoJapan is transitioning from traditional family-based care (which fails when children are absent or nonexistent) to government-funded social-safety-net care. USA has already made that transition (with Medicaid for nursing home care).
- magduf 8y agoYep, the Boomers are really going to suffer when they're elderly. But they kinda deserve it: they're the ones that screwed up this country so badly. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/17/generation-sociopaths-review-trump-baby-boomers-ruined-world https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/17/generation-soc... A generation full of sociopaths will be getting their just desserts when they're wasting away in poorly-run nursing homes with no one visiting them.