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“This could be socialising, spending time with the family or doing the things we couldn’t do during lockdown. Older people are more confident and are reported happier which means our view on older age should be seen more positively.” Retirement has often been used as the benchmark for the beginning of old age. But given the changing nature of life in Britain, can we still class this as elderly? As a result, 65 has been widely acknowledged as the entry point into old age, however, in recent years the age of retirement has increased to 68, with calls to extend it to 70 by 2050.
Spiralling property prices and student debt mean that today, the average age when young people leave the parental home is 23, a significant increase on previous generations. Indeed, roughly speaking, the age at which parents were on average free from their kids has increased from 49 in 1971 to a staggering 55 today.
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