Baby boomers may have no one to care for them in old age

Baby boomers may have no one to care for them in their old age.

Shifting demographics mean that aging boomers will have fewer friends and family members to take care of them as they get into their 80s, according to a new study by AARP.

In other words, even though you may be supporting your own elderly parents, the chances of someone being there for you are numerically diminished.

The ratio of potential caregivers to boomers needing care will sink from 7.2 to 1 in 2010 to 2.9 to 1 by 2050, according to the study. “In just 13 years, as the baby boomers age into their 80s, the decline in the caregiver support ratio will shift from a slow decline to a free-fall,” according to the study.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/caregiver/news-for-caregivers/story/2019-04-12/baby-boomers-may-have-no-one-to-care-for-them-in-old-age

This is an impending national socioeconomic problem.

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Baby boomers may have no one to care for them in old age (Original post)	Zorro	Apr 2019	OP
As a Boomer, I expect NO ONE to be around when I'm old or dead. n/t	CousinIT	Apr 2019	#1
You can have someone around if you have a little credit card debt, because you can bet	Submariner	Apr 2019	#2
Of course the corprat parasitocracy feed off of us before we're born till after we die....	CousinIT	Apr 2019	#12
+1 n/t	area51	Apr 2019	#3
Mail carrier will call coroner for me.	IADEMO2004	Apr 2019	#4
Expect assisted suicide to gain wide legal acceptance within the next 5 to 10 years. NT	enough	Apr 2019	#5
Amen to that	blueinredohio	Apr 2019	#6
I sure hope so	get the red out	Apr 2019	#8
SCOTUS Kavanaugh & Gorsuch are both anti "right to die, death with dignity" zealots	stuffmatters	Apr 2019	#11
Absolutely, many interests will block diginity choices.	appalachiablue	Apr 2019	#14
Yes,and I've been emphatic w/rels to never,ever admit me to any religious hospital	stuffmatters	Apr 2019	#15
Already a serious problem for some boomers in their 60s, 70s	appalachiablue	Apr 2019	#7
I expect the Japanese to come to the rescue with robots. nt	raccoon	Apr 2019	#9
The OP would be helpful for SENIORS, I'll X-Post to that DU group	appalachiablue	Apr 2019	#10
An this is where immigrants can help, going into caregiving jobs.	SharonAnn	Apr 2019	#13
Orphans. Highly vulnerable to predators.	appalachiablue	Apr 2019	#16

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Tue Apr 16, 2019, 12:34 PM

CousinIT (4,180 posts)

Baby boomers may have no one to care for them in old age

1. As a Boomer, I expect NO ONE to be around when I'm old or dead. n/t

2. You can have someone around if you have a little credit card debt, because you can bet

12. Of course the corprat parasitocracy feed off of us before we're born till after we die....

3. +1 n/t

4. Mail carrier will call coroner for me.

5. Expect assisted suicide to gain wide legal acceptance within the next 5 to 10 years. NT

6. Amen to that

8. I sure hope so

11. SCOTUS Kavanaugh & Gorsuch are both anti "right to die, death with dignity" zealots

14. Absolutely, many interests will block diginity choices.

15. Yes,and I've been emphatic w/rels to never,ever admit me to any religious hospital

7. Already a serious problem for some boomers in their 60s, 70s

9. I expect the Japanese to come to the rescue with robots. nt

10. The OP would be helpful for SENIORS, I'll X-Post to that DU group

13. An this is where immigrants can help, going into caregiving jobs.

16. Orphans. Highly vulnerable to predators.