Social care needs for over-85s predicted to double in next 20 years

[Northerner]

The number of people in the UK aged 85 or older who require round-the-clock help to eat, dress, wash and go to the toilet will almost double over the next 20 years, research has suggested, highlighting the explosion in social care needs.

An estimated 446,000 of over-85s will have “high dependency” care needs by 2035, up from 233,000 in 2015, and equivalent to 10% of all men and 20% of all women aged 85 and over, according to a new study.

Overall, more than 1 million people aged 65 or over will require intensive social care assistance by 2035, up from 783,000 in 2015, it predicted, with increasing numbers of people living into old age with multiple long-term conditions.

https://www.theguardian.com/society...over-85s-predicted-to-double-in-next-20-years

 

[kentish maid]

Think I might sign up to Dignitas, quality of life does not look too bright in the future

 

[mikeyB]

My guess is that I will need a fair amount of care long before I’m 85.

But then, as I’m on insulin there’s a much cheaper alternative to a trip to Switzerland, which I don’t like because the people were obnoxious when I travelled there as a scruffy student.