Sunday, October 30, 2011

Britain is No Place to Grow Old

Full Story: Mail Online 30th October 2011

Although people look up to the once mighty Great Britain for values, traditions and etiquette, many would be aghast to know that people beyond the age of 70 are considered as a burden on health services in Britain. Two out of five senior citizens lament that they have been treated with lack of respect for being old. And most interesting of all is that anyone over 35 is considered to have gone past his/her youth Britain.

The graph shows the percentage of people being treated badly or shown a lack of respect because of their age
The recent survey that took into account the views of 55,000 people in Europe, also reveals that more than half of Britons do not have a single friend over the age of 70In contrast, two thirds of people in Portugal, Switzerland and Germany have a friend aged 70 or more.

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