Aged a hospital burden - The Sunday Mail page 6 Feb 28 2010.

A lovely impartial headline there. They aren’t quoting someone – that’s the title. I’m sure that would make older Australians feel great. You are a burden – shoot yourself now. Being older increasingly sucks, but once you get to ‘old’ our society seems to want to take away everything – your choices, rights and individuality. No longer happy with a lack of respect for someone who’s made it through life’s pitfalls to an advanced age, now we are openly begrudging. They need more aged care facilities, but rather than just building these purpose-built hells I suggest we create places that are multipurpose in every suburb. Child-minding combined with aged care and a community farm will do for a start. (And don’t even get me started about public transport and the aged!)