To Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the demograpic facts are so simple and stark he wonders how anyone can fail to see the obvious...
Excerpt from Hard Truths:
Lee is deeply disturbed about the impact of a rapidly ageing population on Singapore's future. It is an issue that strikes close to home. He is, after all, keenly aware of the personal limits of being an octogenarian.
During one of our meetings on this subject, he strode into the room wearing a pair of trainers which he called pumps. About 4 weeks earlier he had fallen from his exercise bike and sprained his thigh. "It's four weeks and I'm still not fully recovered," he said plainly. "I'm not all right but it's getting better, so I got to wear these pumps because they are more comfortable. It'll eventually recover. But as you age, it takes longer to recover."
Already, many elderly people were wheelchair-bound, bedridden or need 24-hour care, he said. "We're going to have many more such people. We can't have all of them in institutions. At home, you've got to provide home care, home-nursing, visit every day or every two, three days, help the family to look after him, change dressing or medication, whatever. It's going to be a huge problem."
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Excerpt from Hard Truths:
Lee is deeply disturbed about the impact of a rapidly ageing population on Singapore's future. It is an issue that strikes close to home. He is, after all, keenly aware of the personal limits of being an octogenarian.
During one of our meetings on this subject, he strode into the room wearing a pair of trainers which he called pumps. About 4 weeks earlier he had fallen from his exercise bike and sprained his thigh. "It's four weeks and I'm still not fully recovered," he said plainly. "I'm not all right but it's getting better, so I got to wear these pumps because they are more comfortable. It'll eventually recover. But as you age, it takes longer to recover."
Already, many elderly people were wheelchair-bound, bedridden or need 24-hour care, he said. "We're going to have many more such people. We can't have all of them in institutions. At home, you've got to provide home care, home-nursing, visit every day or every two, three days, help the family to look after him, change dressing or medication, whatever. It's going to be a huge problem."
Ref: http://bit.ly/1R28aB8
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