• Cost of care for a person with dementia during course of illness could be £200,000
• 51% of those questioned estimated cost of care in old age to be £10,000 or less
Britain is facing a healthcare “timebomb” as people live longer and the elderly population expands rapidly, the health secretary warned today.
Those who may survive [...]

The Guardian tells the story of how Florida-resident Steve Herzfield turned to globalization in order to care for his aging parents:
“Once staff had been found, he could give his parents a much higher standard of care than would have been possible in the US for his father’s income of $2,000 (£1,200) a month. In India [...]