33 thoughts on “Does this new data represent you? 🤡 #stats #happiness #science”
Government assisted suicide programs would go a long way in alleviating old age unhappiness. The main reason for my unhappiness is not having any control over how my life will end. I have 20 years of income. I don't want to live past the time I'll be unable care for myself.
There is also the isolation of our elders in nursing homes. Most family comes a few times a year maybe twice a month. You can try to be there for them as a nurse but companies are pushing more patients on us leading to less time per patient and it barely makes a difference when family doesn’t come around or for some who don’t have any left. The patients are also getting younger, stroke victims in their 50s, 60s or sometimes 40s, early onset Alzheimer’s too, and vascular dementia from drinking etc. I’ve been learning spanish for one of my patients because she barely speaks english at all and she has Alzheimers so it isn’t safe for her son to take care of her at home as she could easily leave their home and become lost somewhere. He visits throughout the week but she was always a social person and it’s hard for her. Sometimes I’m taking care of people who could be at home if someone would make sure they took their meds twice a day, but for whatever reason they are with us instead. Many families I’m sure can’t because they don’t know how. Some were never close or sometimes the elderly person was abusive in the past and we can usually tell because they’re often abusive to staff. But until we are a community driven society this will continue. Some ways of helping this is donating some gifts for christmas like hair accessories, they love when girl scout troops come in and sing or even getting cards from kids. Donating food is difficult unless you coordinate with staff for dietary needs for instance if they have a hard time swallowing or need mechanical soft foods. Many of our more with it patients like to do crafts which they do with their activities but the companies that run the nursing homes are continually more greedy. Thank you if you read my comment, I would bet anything that the graph for the US would be worse likely dropping off earlier.
Graph in the US probably a little different. These German oldies have pensions and they still fall off. Does not bode well for us bagging groceries at 90.
I'm 44. I was prepared for my first wrinkles, a few extra kg and not understanding what teenagers say, like or why they behave the way they do. But I was NOT ready for the increase in physical issues. There's always something that hurts and I'm clearly losing flexibility in my limbs. I feel like this is worse for my happiness than ageing on the outside or losing touch with younger generations. As you get older, the physical issues will only get worse, so I can imagine you get to a point where the pain starts to eat away your quality of life, and thus your happiness.
Looks like as you experience more of life the more you learn that the world isn't really that great to be in. Let alone the loss of friends and family as well as the place that you remembered living in.
Government assisted suicide programs would go a long way in alleviating old age unhappiness.
The main reason for my unhappiness is not having any control over how my life will end. I have 20 years of income. I don't want to live past the time I'll be unable care for myself.
Well I kinda think they will get different results in a different country
There is also the isolation of our elders in nursing homes. Most family comes a few times a year maybe twice a month. You can try to be there for them as a nurse but companies are pushing more patients on us leading to less time per patient and it barely makes a difference when family doesn’t come around or for some who don’t have any left. The patients are also getting younger, stroke victims in their 50s, 60s or sometimes 40s, early onset Alzheimer’s too, and vascular dementia from drinking etc. I’ve been learning spanish for one of my patients because she barely speaks english at all and she has Alzheimers so it isn’t safe for her son to take care of her at home as she could easily leave their home and become lost somewhere. He visits throughout the week but she was always a social person and it’s hard for her. Sometimes I’m taking care of people who could be at home if someone would make sure they took their meds twice a day, but for whatever reason they are with us instead. Many families I’m sure can’t because they don’t know how. Some were never close or sometimes the elderly person was abusive in the past and we can usually tell because they’re often abusive to staff. But until we are a community driven society this will continue. Some ways of helping this is donating some gifts for christmas like hair accessories, they love when girl scout troops come in and sing or even getting cards from kids. Donating food is difficult unless you coordinate with staff for dietary needs for instance if they have a hard time swallowing or need mechanical soft foods. Many of our more with it patients like to do crafts which they do with their activities but the companies that run the nursing homes are continually more greedy. Thank you if you read my comment, I would bet anything that the graph for the US would be worse likely dropping off earlier.
Why is there a comma in "2,017"?! 😭
Graph in the US probably a little different. These German oldies have pensions and they still fall off. Does not bode well for us bagging groceries at 90.
I'm 44. I was prepared for my first wrinkles, a few extra kg and not understanding what teenagers say, like or why they behave the way they do.
But I was NOT ready for the increase in physical issues. There's always something that hurts and I'm clearly losing flexibility in my limbs. I feel like this is worse for my happiness than ageing on the outside or losing touch with younger generations.
As you get older, the physical issues will only get worse, so I can imagine you get to a point where the pain starts to eat away your quality of life, and thus your happiness.
so it's not getting better? bro wtf
also depends on the economy of your country at the time. If it was all uphill during your lifetime of course happyness increases.
but… their german. have you ever seen a happy german
Looks like as you experience more of life the more you learn that the world isn't really that great to be in. Let alone the loss of friends and family as well as the place that you remembered living in.