The political answer to the triple lock is to announce a date now, sufficiently far in the future (I.e. 10-15 years time) when it will move to become a double lock for any new pensioners from that po… (View Post)

It's not a myth. That's how old people are looked after in Bulgaria, like what my mother in law did with her mother. Who had multiple health issues. With a visitor to help her once a day - she did it… (View Post)

Even more unpopular, although what plenty of other countries do, and what we did before, how about children look after their elderly parents? (View Post)

I haven't a clue. The ethics are horrendous every way I turn. But, we accept "turning off the life support machine" for those with no prospect of recovery and this for me feels like a shade… (View Post)

Let's get even more controversial: how much of our GDP do we want to spend keeping elderly people alive who have dementia, and aren't aware of themselves or their families anymore, who perhaps rarely… (View Post)