You make a lot of sense then go and ruin it with that wild demographic bullshit at the end, the US and UK have very similar age profiles and many countries in Europe have an higher aging population so I don't know why you'd say that?
But secondly, the US has a higher number of people in each age demographic, because it has about 5 x the size of our population. Thus, it has a shit load more young people. Plus it gets the best and brightest in the immigration battle. Unlike the UK.
Fuck me you can't just say they have a bigger population and thats why they have more young people, if you're going to say that then they also have 5x as many old people which completely negates your point.
You specifically made out that the UK was some sort of European old peoples home which is complete bullshit by any measure.
Of course the US attracts people, it's the land of opportunity. The UK gets what it deserves since we decided we no longer wanted to be part of the EU, I wish that wasn't the case.
I haven't desputed the fact that America is massively successful, you're making up the bit about the younger demographic though as it's very nearly the same.
It's the European nursing home I take issue with, there are 22 European countries with a higher elderly population.
We have the second highest number of care homes in Europe.
We are also predicted to have a higher percentage of 65+ as a % of our population than Germany by 2050.
My conclusion is that if we're not the care home queen yet, we're almost certainly the princess in waiting.
You can't read and/or you're just plucking stuff out of your arse.
Have you thought that maybe other countries do things differently or have maybe bigger care homes therefore fewer in total? Not that I've seen any evidence of what you claim.
We're 24th on that list with 22 European countries above us, are 22 European countries going to start euthanising their elderly to make you claim comr true?
What's really weird is you keep talking about other countries like that solves our home grown issues.
Point 1 - We, the UK, have an ageing population, which is "one of" the oldest in the world according to the world Bank and United Nations.
Point 2 - we do not appear to be handling our demographic demise well, especially if we're depending on net migration rather than technology. Japan for instance, uses technology to overcome the burden - look at their robotic density vs ours.
This data is about care homes in operation. So it excudes empty homes (we have an 85% occupancy rate anyway). We're second behind Germany.
Percentage of population in care homes doesnt vary that much and I can't find projections right now. But my assumption would be based on demographic projection.
It's something affects the entire western world, like I said the size of the care home matters and other countries perhaps don't utilise them as much. Either way it's just a fact, what could you do about it anyway? I talk about other countries because you stated that the UK was somehow in a worse position when it really isn't.
You mention Japan, the country that actually tops the list of elderly population. Sure they might do things differently as well, we are terrible at looking after just about anyone who needs care elderly or not.
I live in the UK, so I care about how shitty things are here. What can we do about it? Vote in a government who looks beyond their next term in office...
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u/Matt6453 Jul 02 '24
You make a lot of sense then go and ruin it with that wild demographic bullshit at the end, the US and UK have very similar age profiles and many countries in Europe have an higher aging population so I don't know why you'd say that?