Danger of the ‘cashed-up baby boomer’ stereotype

In this article in the Canberra City News, writer Ross Fitzgerald talks about the “often unfounded but persistant attitude that older people are a repository of untapped wealth”.

“I’m a widowed, sometimes lonely 80-year-old in the early stages of dementia – and also, apparently, a repository of untapped wealth. Many of my elderly friends are being badly mistreated by their children,” writes ROSS FITZGERALD.