What does Dr Judith Rich say about living to 100?
According to the Foundation For Health In Aging, if you were born in 1899, your chances of living to 100 were 400 to 1. If you were born in 1980, your chances increased to 87 to 1. By 2030, 20% of the U.S. population will be 65 or older. And this phenomenon is not restricted to the U.S. In other developed countries such as Japan, Italy, Germany, Sweden and the U.K. the proportion of seniors to the rest of the population is even greater. Welcome to Geezerdom, land of the Geezers, where the state of being really old is known as “Geezage”. Since I am one, I can use this term with impunity. It’s meant as a term of endearment. Well, kind of. We’re already seeing scores of feisty seniors protesting in the town hall meetings this month. (In my last post, we launched an “August Reform” movement wherein for “national security” reasons, we declared August officially dumped from the calendar. Get up to speed here.) Can you imagine what it’s going to be like when the world is taken over by the Gee
