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得更遠、投入職場的女性更多、父母的預期                                   根 據 一項 廣 為 引 用的 預 估 ,阿 茲 海 默
              壽命也越長,如果繼續讓子女照顧,子女就                              症 對已開發經濟體的總體經濟影響約為G D P

              會失去職涯發展的黃金時期,對整體經濟社                              的1%,但這可能低估了許多連鎖反應。在嚴重
              會的發展也不是好現象。                                      高齡化的國家,失智問題不僅可能會造成政府
                                                               的財政壓力,也會讓年長者擔心自己拖垮了子
              「新橘色計畫」有效舒緩照護壓力                                  女的人生。幸運的是,最近有一種解決這類
                                                               財務問題的方法―― 信託,越來越流行。
                  普拉丹和古德哈特指出,許多照護工                                  行之有年的信託其實有許多不同用
              作,尤其是情感支持,都很難扔給機器                                途,它以法律規定該如何管理帳戶,如何使
              人,而且勞動力市場可能也無法及時提供                               用資金,它比授權書更有保障,而且你可以
              需 求 。 所 以 該 怎 麼辦呢?至少在亞洲,也                        在失智症惡化之前提早設定,保護未來的自

              許可以「讓老人照顧老人」,例如日本就在                              己 。此外,人壽保險這類工具只處理你年
              2015年推出「新橘色計畫」(New  Orange                       老之後的財務,信託卻還能處理其他面向
              Plan)以及在地方政府扶持下,讓大量志工                            的問題。
              投 入 老 年 照護。這些照護工作讓退休人士                                失智除了會拖垮子女的財務,還會讓老
              有工作可做,有助於延長工作年限,也能                               人更容易上當,很多騙錢的加害者甚至都是
              部分緩解上述兩位作者提到的勞動力短缺                               家族裡的年輕人。當社會救助方案無法滿足
              問題。                                              退休人士的財務需求,高齡者的財務濫用問





              underestimate some of the knock-on effects. This sum   care of only the financial aspects of aging.
              will put fiscal pressure on governments of countries   Besides the burden on younger generations,
              highly affected by aging, but the math is also the same   another very important factor to consider related
              for an individual hoping to avoid being a burden on   to mental incapacity is the unfortunate possibility
              their offspring. One increasingly popular solution to the   of being taken advantage of in old age, often by
              financial planning aspects of this problem is trusts.  the same younger family members. Elder financial
                  A trust is a versatile financial instrument which   abuse is a particular problem when public assistance
              creates legally enforceable requirements for how   programs don’t meet retirement financing needs, as
              accounts should be managed and money should      private funding solutions tend to leave individuals in

              be spent. It offers better protection than a power   full control of their own accounts. Financial abuse
              of attorney letter, and can be set up ahead of time,   is a growing problem and could take diverse forms,
              before the dementia becomes severe. Furthermore,   such as unauthorized transactions, assigning of
              the control aspect of such plans distinguishes them   property, or inappropriately conserving funds for
              from other instruments like life insurance, which take   inheritance.





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