Study: 57% have not made provisions for their old age

67% of working Best Agers (50 - 65 years) have hardly thought about the time after retirement, according to the results of the current Silver Living study "The world of needs of Best Agers". "Only about one-third of Best Agers (32%) who have not yet retired have thought somewhat intensively about the future in retirement," explains DDr. Paul Eiselsberg, senior research director at IMAS International, who was the scientific lead for the study. "De facto, therefore, about two-thirds of working Best Agers are displacing the last stage of life." Silver Living  - the market leader for assisted living - is a client of Reichl und Partner Public Relations.

Looking at the entire group of Best Agers, about a quarter (23%) have already thought about retirement, while about half of Best Agers (48%) have not. As expected, the older people get, the more they deal with the time after retirement. Those for whom a possible need for care in old age is a problem are more likely than average to worry about the time after retirement.

57% have not yet made provisions for their old age

"Two-fifths of Best Agers (39%) have already made some form of provision for their retirement, but for three-fifths of respondents (57%) this was not yet the case," explains Walter Eichinger, Managing Director of Silver Living, the market leader for assisted living in Austria. Again, there is an age gap, with respondents between 50 and 54 being the least likely to have made provisions for their retirement, and "older" respondents between 60 and 65 being the most likely. People who currently live in a rented relationship have made significantly fewer preparations for old age than their social counterparts. . "People for whom the problem of a possible need for long-term care in old age plays a major role have already made provisions for old age more frequently than average."Eiselsberg adds.

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