ok got another great YOUTube vid for you. another great cause. Love to watch "Geriatric 1927" vids - he's cool, british and a open guy who just enjoys using the internet to talk about topics that matter to him. He's very big on the marginization of the elderly in the UK and the rest of the world. So he's helped put together a great rock band with a single to help age-releated charities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqf…It's fanatastic. Pre-orders on iTunes now - I did it's great!
Help us get the word out man. The facts are startling. I know watching my own grandparents move into this age group with their health issues, the htoughts of people abandoned by their families and even goverments (psuedo-socialist gov't at that!)is heartbreaking.
Facts from the Zimmer Band:
* In 2000, there were 600 million people aged 60 and over; there will be 1.2 billion by 2025 and 2 billion by 2050.
* Today, about two thirds of all older people are living in the developing world; by 2025, it will be 75%.
* In the developed world, the very old (age 80+) is the fastest growing population group.
* Women outlive men in virtually all societies; consequently in very old age, the ratio of women/men is 2:1.
