Senior Citizens facts

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The birth rate in Japan is so low, and the boom of senior citizens so huge, that adult diapers have outsold baby diapers for the last 6 years.

When asked what future technology they would most like to have, young adults answered "time travel" more than any age group, while 30-to-49-year-olds wanted robot servants more than any other age group. Senior citizens were the least interested in time travel.

In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 29 of the best facts about Senior Citizens I managed to collect.

1. Because of Japan's increasing senior citizen population, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.

2. The Wienermobile's driver position (a.k.a. the hotdogger) is open to U.S. citizens that are college seniors nearing graduation. There are about 300 hotdogger alumni that have piloted one of the six different Wienermobiles.

3. A 2013 study found that about 25% of all senior citizens in the United States declare bankruptcy due to medical expenses, and 43% are forced to mortgage or sell their primary residence.

4. Scientists at Brown University are developing a robot cat that may one day help cure loneliness among senior citizens. It doesn't need food, exercise, or a litter box, but it can purr on demand and remind them when it's time to take their meds

5. Similar to the "Amber Alert" program, most states also have a missing persons recovery program called "Silver Alert", which is designed to help find missing senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other mental disabilities.

6. Senior citizens are the fastest-growing student debtors in US and owe more than $67 billion in student debt.

7. The Grandpa Gang, a group of senior citizens who broke into a formerly impregnable bank vault in England and made off with over $20 million.

8. North Korean roads are segregated by lanes. The first lane is reserved for senior officials, and has a speed limit of 70 km/h. The third lane is for average citizens and has a speed limit of 40 km/h. Those in the third lane are not allowed to switch lanes.

9. Y2K computer bug turned teen criminals into senior citizens. Reports of sexual assault on an 83 year old woman by an 80 year old man, and two missing 'youths' of ages 83 and 84 were among the flawed reports given by the faulty system, which caused the system to read year 2000 as year 1900.

10. 10 senior citizens die alone in Japan every day. There's even a word for this, "Kodokushi"

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Senior citizens (62 and up) can get a lifetime national park pass for $10

Senior citizens are happier living segregated in senior communities, because of shared lifestyles, experiences, and opportunities for dating - source

In 2015 a group of senior citizen thieves got together and robbed Hatton Garden Safe Deposit in London. The age range of men who were involved in this incident was from 42 to 76 and 4 to 5 men were involved. This famous incident was tagged as Grandpa Gang". - source

Infant massage. In some cases, senior citizens will volunteer as masseuses for the infants. This is therapeutic for both the elderly volunteer and the preterm infant

Millenials are about twice as likely as senior citizens to say that parents should decide whether their kids get vaccinated, rather than having it mandated by law. - source

A Silver Alert is a public notification system in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons – especially senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other mental disabilities – in order to aid in their being found.

There's an Increase in STD Rates among Senior Citizens (60+)

Japan is using ramen to lure elderly drivers off road, police have arranged for a chain of noodle restaurants to give discounts to senior citizens who relinquish their driving licenses.

Silver Alert is a public notification system in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons – especially senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other mental disabilities

In 2013 a Japanese senior citizen sued the state broadcaster for mental distress. The cause of the distress? Too many English words in their Japanese-language programming.

There is public notification system called Silver Alert in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons – especially senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other mental disabilities – in order to aid in locating them.