The number of single-person households is said to be approaching 40%, but the problem is the elderly singles.
When you are young, you can do whatever you want and enjoy your single life to the fullest.
However, as they get older and lose the freedom of their body, it becomes miserable at once.
First of all, there is no one to support you when you become ill.
If you are rich, you may be able to receive generous nursing care in a high-class nursing home.
But that would require tens of millions of yen at the time of admission and hundreds of thousands of yen in monthly fees.
Chizuko Ueno, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo who has made a lot of money with her "One Person" series of books, is said to be living in a luxury apartment in Tokyo, which ordinary people cannot afford.
She will probably move into a high-end premium nursing home soon.
But ordinary old people have a hard time even if they are not alone!
There are old people who eat instant noodles in two portions, one for lunch and one for dinner.
There are many elderly people who cannot afford to go to the doctor even if they are seriously ill because they cannot afford the medical bills.
The following preparations and plans are necessary for "one-person" living.
・Use of watch over services.
・Use of guarantor services
・Asset management agreement
・Voluntary guardianship contract
・Power of attorney contract for post-death affairs
・Preparation of wills
・Making a Death with Dignity Declaration
Outrageous~! Can an elderly person make such careful preparations for care and afterlife?
Many of them are probably already suffering from dementia and have lost their sense of reason.
And just to prepare for that, again, they would need a lot of money!
And then there is the problem of what to do with their own graves, which they may or may not make.
What is the best way to die alone, without even thinking about it?
Wherever my body is lying, I am sure someone will dispose of it.