Same here my chances of living to be old are pretty slim but I suppose most people don't think about people who for whatever reason don't live to be old..... Let alone the challenges of having enough money to live on everyday.
It's true. Apparently, at least here in Britain, too few people make financial arrangements for a 'rainy day' future. So it might be too complicated to suggest that any of us aren't in the privileged position of being free to choose whether to save or not to save.
Neil has a pension, once I graduate as a nurse whilst the NHS pension isn't as good as it once was I will join the pension scheme as well if nothing else it'll pay out at least some to Neil. I understand cariadwen's point but the type of asthma I have let alone the rest of the health problems means that I never know whether I'll have a tomorrow let alone old age.
It would have been phrased better if it had been asking "Are you saving" rather than "what are you doing to save," -- i.e., not making an assumption that everyone is doing it -- but I think it's a legitimate question. There are people with disabilities who do go to work and do have to plan for the day when they are no longer able to work, just as TAB people do. It's just that for those of us who do have disabilities and extraordinary medical needs, that day will come sooner that it will for TAB people.
Being disabled doesn't always mean you won't get to pension age. I did, and boy was that a suprise. Having a strong fit husband who died 10 days after his 50th birthday, I regard any day over the age of 50 as a bonus.
It is weird saving for a future 30-40 years away when my lungs have only 20 years. On top of that, there is an incalculable risk from status asthmaticus too.
But it's been 20 years for many many years thanks to leaps forward in drugs (and being strict with lifestyle adaptations), so who can tell what the future has in store.
That is only counting the life threatening disabilities, of course. Reality is... More complicated
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But it's been 20 years for many many years thanks to leaps forward in drugs (and being strict with lifestyle adaptations), so who can tell what the future has in store.
That is only counting the life threatening disabilities, of course. Reality is... More complicated
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