The Dilemma of the Sandwich Generation

The next time you go to the supermarket to take a look at the number of people over 65 years working there ...

and ...

the proportion of young age ...

and get a glimpse of what the future will look like.

Your future ... and even more frightening future of their children.

Let me explain what I mean:

People are living longer.

This has created a new category of costs of nursing.

Current solutions to meet these costs tend to fall short for various reasons, which are too numerous to go into in this article, but it is only the tip of the iceberg.

Many people have made a provision for the cost of the future, and many who have not seen their decimated by the recent stock market crash and recession economies.

Changes in the small states of the relationship of age meant they are no longer young enough to withstand the former through the program of state pensions. There will be little support available for this quarter.

Movement set (DB) to defined contribution (DC) system of private pension benefits means that how to arrange for their own financial future, and by extension their families is becoming more important every day.

If that was not enough our health care system is already creaking and groaning. Watch the news - week there are stories of a scandalous failure in the NHS.

What happens, as millions of people reach an age where they need more medical help and support in order to maintain your quality of life?

And the current system can not provide the support?

Life will be very hard very fast.

We will see a new dynamic to enter the public domain and not very pretty.

A Darwinian approach to quality of life and longevity in the twilight years. When these resources are able to leave with dignity and on their own terms, and those who might end up dying in a queue, waiting to see your doctor.

How very British.

The greatest tragedy in my opinion, but not that the NHS is not fit for purpose, not the plans of public and private pension plans are not fit for purpose either.

Is that the future can be so easily avoided earlier by following some simple steps surprising, but most people can not do anything about it.

It may be too late for those who have already entered their last years, but it is not too late to help them, and certainly not too late for you or your children help you.