Are the Old a Nuisance?
OR a steady span of years the problem of the aged folk has assumed greater and greater proportions in this country, as it must in any country with too few wage-earners to support ‘the high proportion of very old and very young people in the population. A broadcast discussion of this problem from 4YA did not attempt to deal with such points as the housing, health, and support of old people, but confined itself to a more emotional approach, Its theme was "Are old folk a nuisance to the young?", although naturally it was phrased more politely. Most of the speakers rightly maintained that the presence of old people in the same home as younger people need not be resented, and can be a great influence for good, provided that each age-group can be provided with opportunities for privacy when required. This, of course, is the crux of this problem, and the whole thing comes back to the lack of housing space.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 483, 24 September 1948, Page 9
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167Are the Old a Nuisance? New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 483, 24 September 1948, Page 9
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