Switzerland ranked best place to grow older - where is UK?

I think they mentioned something about loneliness on the radio.

I hate this the of survey / article. There are so many variables.

Ginny

I agree with you.

I'm surprised France and Australia aren't higher up. People are always retiring to those countries so I always assumed the standard of living for older people was better. There are variables, yes. So, healthcare has to be one of the top, but I think something that is very hard to gauge is the attitude towards older people. Making them/us feel valued in society as opposed to an invisible entity. I think the UK has a long way to go with regards to this. Older people are still (largely) ignored and ridiculed in society and that needs changing.

I think ranked 10 in the world of best whatever is pretty good.

If you moved to another country higher up the list you may find things are worse in other respects.

I would have thought that most older people would like more pension amd at a younger age.

Even in the UK there are huge differences depending on which county you are in

Good point soon. There are so many other things. I haven't looked at the table yet, but I would not enjoy living in a very hot or very cold country, or where The roads are dangerous, but the big thing for me is that I would never leave my family. That's what makes me happy. Well, most of the time.

I saw this thread title and assumed Granjura had started it

Yes, I'm surprised that granjura hasn't yet given us her opinion on the OP.

. Me too.

What other info. do they base the results. The chart as it stands is meaningless.

I have never been to Switzerland so cannot really comment on personal experience but my father disliked Switzerland because of its 'neutrality' during the war and that seems to have stuck with me

!!! We've got a National Policy on Ageing!

Anyone know what is? (How long are we allowed to go on doing it for?)

France's lower ranking seems to be mostly about employment and educational attainment. This doesn't surprise me as many friends of my age (65) left school at 14. They talk with some bitterness of life in the village school, where you were first taught by the older pupils, then for a few years by the ma??tre, then you taught the youngest pupils. The larger families got to stay on a bit longer because they got more family allowance.
France ranks high on health and pension coverage as you might expect.

I can't understand anymore of that. What's that wheel thing all about? #ofverylittlebrain

UK has got 100 percent pension coverage! France can't top that.

I am not sure why my original spelling of maitre with a circumflex has been rendered as ??.
Bizarre.

Er no. You can't top a 100%. I wasn't entering into a competition though.

I was.

Best not look at the health domain then.

I've only got 3.7 years of healthy life left.

Oh God! Where's that Fitbit - quick!!!

Too late for me, jingl.

Does anyone remember Roz Altmann coming on here to talk about pensions?

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/07/tory-minister-baroness-al_n_8100824.html?1441663552&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

What do you think to this?

Well, she was just hedging her bets wasn't she?

Anyway, what woman can make her mind up. Perhaps she was still thinking about it.