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Originally Posted by jenniferpa View Post
I do wonder what the questions were. According to that
"Two thirds of people have no plans to put money aside to pay for the extra care they will need in old age, a survey suggests.
The same proportion said they would turn to family and friends for help rather than pay privately or ask a local council."
I would love to know 1) how these family and friends will respond and 2) why they think that paying privately or asking a local council are flip-sides of the same coin. I suspect that this is sloppy reporting though, and nothing more meaningful.
noelphobic Yes, I noticed that and thought it was rather bizarre! I can't imagine any of my family and friends being willing to help me out to the tune of £30k a year somehow! It may well also be that if the people surveyed were just random members of the population, many of them would have no idea of the costs of living in a care home and the fact that many people are expected to find the money themselves. They probably assume naively that if you are sick the state will look after you from cradle to grave.
They probably assume naively that if you are sick the state will look after you from cradle to grave
you also have to take into consideration different cultures of community in England , who would not save for Care home fees , as they relied on they family tradition of looking after they elderly at home .
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Sate welfare was created 50 years ago , when Government was encouraging people from Caribbean , india , spain to emigrate to england to work in hospitals , manual work .
The majority rent homes in UK , some went to buy they property, theirs Mix cultures , came from a culture of tradition that cared for they elderly at home .
So did not think they needed to save for care home fees , now they children my generation age 49 , release the reality of the situation .
Its the Government fault , not the people , Government needs get the message out they , That the state can not afford this Nanny state they crated
So to move forward
The government need to tell its people
advertisements on TV , Radio .
Your house will be sold to pay the fees , if you get dementia go in to care home and you do not any other saving to pay for it .