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| Subject: The sickness of statist health: High cost of care forces elderly out of Germany Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:10 am | |
| Growing numbers of elderly and sick Germans are being sent overseas for long-term care in retirement and rehabilitation centres due to rising costs and falling standards in Germany.
The rehousing of thousands of retired Germans in homes in eastern Europe and Asia has been severely criticised by social welfare organisations as ''inhumane deportation''.
But with increasing numbers of Germans unable to afford the cost of retirement homes and an ageing and shrinking population, the number expected to be sent abroad in the next few years is only likely to rise.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/high-cost-of-care-forces-elderly-out-of-germany-20121227-2bxrd.html#ixzz2GKtfabaq
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