“US adults are generally unprepared for aging, new ‘longevity preparedness index’ finds,” by Foster Stubbs, McKnights LTC News
“United States adults are generally unprepared to live well as they age, according to John Hancock and MIT AgeLab’s newly released Longevity Preparedness Index (LPI). The LPI analyzed responses from 1,300 adults who were assessed on eight domains associated with aging: social connection, daily activities, care, home, community, life transitions, health and finance. … Of the eight domains, the average score for Care was 42 out of 100, the lowest score. Respondents scored the highest in the Community domain with an average score of 70. Meanwhile, the group also scored 60 out of 100 in the Daily Activities domain; 64 out of 100 on Finance; 56 out of 100 in Health; 56 out of 100 in Home; 61 out of 100 in Life Transitions; and 69 out of 100 in Social Connection.”
LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:
I wonder if these personal care responsibility scores would be this low if the government hadn’t indoctrinated the public since 1935 that its entitlement programs would take care of their retirement security, health care and long-term care. Don’t worry; be happy. Now the public has low “longevity preparedness” scores and faces aging with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid on the fiscal ropes, not to mention the U.S. monetary system on the verge of collapse.