Quote (Black XistenZ @ Dec 2 2020 08:34am)
6 out of the 15 or so 90+ year olds that I knew personally. So yes, of course the majority of people that age are not in good health anymore. But I dont think that these cases are super rare either, or that there is generally no more will to live among those who still are in decent health.
I see no reason why your anecdotal evidence should be more or less close to the actual truth than mine.
Well, one reason is that the nursing home i worked at had 50+ elderly. another is that i have friends that still worked there, and it was the same before/after i left it as we talked about often. But perhaps the best reason is that Canadian elderly are closer to American elderly in terms of health, due to similar diet, alcohol consumption, etc. So rates of health issues in later years would be more in line with what i see in WI than what you see in GER i'd wager.
if this were a 70 or 80 year old, i'd say quality of life still has a 50%+ good rating, even in obese meat obsessed America/Canada. But 90? our 90 year olds are basically overly medicated zombies, lucky if they play 9 holes of slow golf with a cart once a month, or putz on down to the local Dinner to eat a bland meal. 90 years old is basically walking dead.