Guest I agree very much with your point of view.

Here in the UK the elderly are treated in a despicable fashion, marginalised and excluded from mainstream society.
Personally I think that this marginalisation is a large factor in the downward spiral in behaviour and values.

Old people in the UK are expected to live on a pension which is nothing more tha a pittance. They then have to negotiate the huge amount of paper work required before supplementary benefits are given.
I'm sure this is done on purpose, as many of the old folk are to proud or perhaps too confused to fill in the forms.

I spend as much time as I can talking to the local old folk, It's a wonderful reward to see their faces light up when they realise that someone is actually listening to them and finds their views worthwhile.

The Old folks Homes here are also a disgrace, staffed by people who are on the minimum wage and who generally couldn't care less for the people in their care. I have no doubt that if the same disaster happened here the old people would be abandoned just as happened in NO

We are all to blame for our society's callous attitude towards the elderly, and as in many other things, the ones who will suffer most in the long term will be ourselves...Ake