To think living to over 100 will become the norm

[Wanttogohome78]

Partner doesn’t think so I don

I don't have time to read all of that, can you summarise?

I’m a nurse in the community, we have a fair few patients 100 years plus, so yes I imagine when we get there definitely.

I thought that the rise in life expectancy was tapering off?

The mother of someone I know was well over 100 when she died. When my friend was asked if she thought she'd live that long, her reply was 'I hope not!'. That's how I feel too, I don't want to be very old for a long time.

isn't life expectancy going backwards. Plus future generations will have to work longer & may never retire so will likely die earlier.

I don't think so. I think living conditions will get worse and not better, people will have to work for longer with resulting impact on their health and we'll see life expectancy get lower again.

No perhaps mid 90s

YABU

Life expectancy is in decline, as are living standards

Our diet is worse and living standard going down for many, we will see it taper, perhaps decline before climbing again. I think it will become the norm but not for another few generations

No chance.

Life expectancy will fall in the west as the consumption of ultra-processed foods comes home to roost, alongside scarcity of decent, affordable nursing and social care for older people, scarcity of decent pensions, and unaffordability of utilities.

And I think a lot of women will stop doing all the free caring for very elderly relatives and unhealthy husbands as they find they have other pressing and necessary commitments towards their children, grandchildren and themselves.

God I hope not!

I wouldn't be too happy to get to that age. My DM lived to 98 and was quite upset about losing her sight to age-related macular degeneration. I would be too!

@TinySaltLick

The way things are going I think life expectancy will fall. The standard of living my kids have compared to my 80s/90s childhood is much lower (worse housing because we can’t afford better; much worse pollution, etc). It’s grim.

@TinySaltLick

I don't have time to read all of that, can you summarise?

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centenarians
"In 1961, the Japanese government initiated a study of centenarians, and only 153 people over the age of 100 were detected. According to the United Nations, the number of centenarians will increase to almost 573,000 this year. With approx 97,000 centenarians, the United States has the highest absolute number of centenarians in the world. According to World Atlas, Japan ranks second with 86,000 people aged 100 or older. With 6 centenarians per 10,000 people or 0.06 per cent of the population, Japan has the highest percentage of centenarians."

Yes, I think more will

But is it a case of existing or living a good, happy, healthy life ?

No, living standards and life expectancy are falling and will do so more. Covid will also have an effect.

Honestly, I don't want to get that old. My nan is 99 and it doesn't look much fun.

It's not going to happen.Those in their 80s had years of rationing and then years of home cooked food which set them up for a healthy older life.
Now we have highly processed food,too much of it,sugary/salty snacks from childhood.We drink more than ever and do less manual work are sedantry.
However hard up people are not going back plain but nutritious food or walking rather than getting in the car.We can't even walk part of the way as public transport is still being cut.
Besides living older doesn't mean healthier and dementia is rising.
Do we really want to live to100,to the probability of seeing our children die first?

Dear Lord, I hope not! More people living longer just means more people in poor health and/or needing care. I sincerely hope I pop my clogs decades before I reach 100.

I think it depends. For the richest, healthiest and fittest it could become more common. For the poor, obese, more sickly they will die younger than their parents.

The ever increasing divide.

God I hope not. I don't want to live past 80

@RedskyThisNight

I don't think so. I think living conditions will get worse and not better, people will have to work for longer with resulting impact on their health and we'll see life expectancy get lower again.

This.

I have no desire to live to 100 either way.

I don't want to live to 100, and tbh the state my body's in makes it very unlikely.

This seems to be the norm on my mum’s side. My great grandma lived until she was 109! She was lining independently, still going to the village shops, scrubbing her doorstep until aged 98 when mobility became an issue. Dementia set in badly around 107 but until then she was very happy and had a decent quality of life. She loved the care home she was in and was really proud of being the first person in her village to turn 100 and get her letter from the queen.
My grandma is still alive aged 103. She went on the Orient Express for her hundredth birthday and h got very annoyed with my mum when she suggested she was too old! However, not long afterwards she began to go downhill. A few bad falls left her shaken, depressed and unable to get around. Now she just sits alone in her room all day, refusing to socialise with the other residents. Last time I visited her she just cried the whole time saying she wanted to die 😔

I think a percentage of the population who have the knowledge, money and commitment to stay healthy will have a longer life expectancy and be able to keep their health into old age.

The majority though, will have lower life expectancy, due to poor diet, unhealthy lifestyle and for many, the reduction in general living standards. As one YouTube I watched described it as ‘dying slowly’.

I don’t believe a lot of people want to live longer given the abuse they put their bodies through, excessive drinking, lack of exercise, eating too much poor quality food etc.

YABU, life expectancy is decreasing, not increasing. It increased for a long time because each generation was better off than their parents, that trend is reversed now. People will work longer which will decrease life expectancy. Working people are poorer than their parents were, when workers eventually retire their pensions will be less generous than their parents have/had.