Most deserving for financial help

[CYN]

Help The Age have said Support for medical research into illnesses affecting people in old age is not viewed as a priority by the general public.
Cancer came top at (81%) Heart disease (52%) children's diseases ,asthma, leukaemia (50%) Only (20%) voted for Arthritis or Dementia regarding extra funding. Says it all really

Cynthia.

 

[Canadian Joanne]

It does say it all. The irony is that so many of us will suffer from age-related diseases eventually. Perhaps what we need to do is to appeal to the selfishness in people.

 

[Grannie G]

I agree it says it all, but they are still believing dementia to be an old person`s disease, completely ignoring how many younger people are affected.

Personally I don`t mind if a cure isn`t availavble for me when I`m old and ill. What would be more inportant to me then would be the provision of quality care to enable me go in dignity, comfort and peace.

Just my opinion.

 

[jenniferpa]

Depressing isn't it? You know what's going to happen? We'll find a cure for cancer and heart disease and then all that will happen is that virtually everyone will end up with dementia and crippled with arthritis.

 

[chip]

I agree Dementia is not only a elderly problem these days. 2 in my family were 60 and my husband 49. I know that some are even younger and its to get worse as well. If they don't start to do something about it now, i dread to think what a system that cant cope now will be like then.