It's dishonest to say we're doing everything we can for our seniors when there is so much more we can.
Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.
Seventy is old enough. After that there is too much risk.
I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain. Worse than young children or puppies because one had to be polite.
I'm not that worried about [my parents] right now because they are happy people. I'm pleased that in their later years, in spite of physical ailments, they're upbeat.
I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.
It makes me think—what am I going to be like when I'm 65?
Physical fitness is vital for the optimal function of the brain, for retardation of the onset of serious arteriosclerosis which is beginning to appear in early adult life, and for longevity, and a useful and healthy life for our older citizens.
What we know about super old people who are thriving is that they don't become infirm, they don't get cancer, they don't get Alzheimer's.
It's crucial that we keep care for our seniors a priority.
Old people, who have felt blows and toil and known the world's hard hand, need, even more than children do, a woman's tenderness.
We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
