This is surprising - from the few people I have known from Japan, the elderly are almost revered.
A big part of the problem is Japan’s demographic suicide. They have all but stopped having babies.
Fakenews.
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if this spreads, I’d better sell my “senior housing” stocks!
There once was a little girl who lived with her mother on the edge of the forest. Every day she wore a red hood over her head, so people called her Little Red Riding Hood.
Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother lived on the other side of the forest IN THE STATE PRISON. “Would you like to go to grandmother’s IN THE BIG house today?” her mother asked. “Grandma is ill and could use this basket of food. But stay on the path, there’s a wolf in the forest.” Little Red Riding Hood wasn’t afraid of wolves and happily set off. After a while a big, hairy beast suddenly jumped out in front of her. It was the wolf. The mean creature asked what Little Red Riding Hood was doing. Still a little surprised, she told the wolf she was going to grandma’s IN THE BIG house.
The wolf quickly thought of a trick to play. “Shouldn’t you pick some flowers for Grandma, she’d like that.” Little Red Riding Hood did what the wolf said BUT THE GUARDS WOULDN’T LET LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD TAKE THE NICE PRETTY FLOWERS IN TO HER GRANDMA BECAUSE GRANNY WAS REALLY A BAD OLD GAL AND HAD GOTTEN HERSELF TOSSED INTO SOLITARY.
Bump
A long term care home is expensive.
In the US, Medicaid foots the bill.
I guess they don’t have such an arrangement in Japan.
Yoko Ono keeps her dance card filled
Not only that but must of the young men are Hikikomori who never go outside.
I know it’s true because the New York Times told me so.
If Japan wants to survive as a nation the youngsters had better “get busy”.
There is/was something kicking around about ‘old folks’ getting arrested and going to prison with the advantages being
Free Medical care
1st class library
1st class gym
Free meals
Free Room & Board
Lots of TVs and rec equipment
Big exercise yard
Men/Women with GUNS protecting you 24/7
Finally get to afford to live in that gated community all were talking about.
For some in cities etal it is like being in prison without all the bennies listed above.
I did some control work at Rikers Island (New York) and the word was that there were snow bird prisoners. They would go on a crime spree late summer early fall to get locked up for the winter. They were not elderly.