UK and US ‘must learn from poor countries’ to solve ageing crisis
The ageing crisis facing Britain, the US and other wealthier nations could be partly addressed by adopting initiatives being developed in poorer countries, experts say.
Low- and middle-income countries have been forced to be “innovative and ingenious” in finding low-cost and effective solutions for their growing elderly populations.
Some of the initiatives include:
- Devoting an entire city in Chile to experimenting with elderly care.
- Increasing involvement of older people in democracy through old people’s councils in Brazil.
- Training armies of volunteers in elderly care, as in several south-east Asian nations.
- Establishing job creation schemes for older people, as Finland and South Korea have both done.
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