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appalachiablue

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14. Absolutely, many interests will block diginity choices.

Reply to stuffmatters (Reply #11)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:35 PM

Apr 2019

It's certainly coming sunset for many Boomers, and well before the year 2050 noted as peak in the article.

It was a very good run for a generation...

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Baby boomers may have no one to care for them in old age [View all] 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