When we first arrived in Australia, we often saw single-handedly old people.
A lonely old man with no children around him.
Many people will think that the old man is a little too poor, too lonely.
Because the domestic logic is the same as the four generations. The old man, with his little grandson, had a good time together.
Or call friends to dance in the square.
Or playing mahjong at home. In a word, this is the only way to make a fuss about it.
On the other hand, the back of the Australian old man alone, isn`t it a little lonely?
Just the opposite! The Australian elderly happiness index is the highest in the whole society!
At the end of 2016, health insurance agencies Australian Unity and Deacon University surveyed personal well-being in seven ways. The survey of 1000 Australians aged 18 and over found that Australians aged 76 and over had the highest overall happiness level.
So, let`s take a look at what life is like for a happy old Australian after retirement.
Social welfare improvement
In fact, all the basic premise of retirement life is social welfare, this point has to envy the elderly people in Australia ah.
First of all, the pension is adequate.
The retirement age in Australia is 65, and before 65, you will have an extra 9.5% of your pension deposit in your pension account no matter what you do (it is said to be about to rise to 12%). Usually can only save can not take, when the retirement age can be freely spent.
The (ASAF), the Australian pension association, estimates that about 70,000 Australians have saved up to A $2.5 million in pensions.
Even if they don`t have enough of their pension, the goverment has pension benefits for the elderly. Although not enough food and clothing, but enough to feed themselves.
And there`s no place for old Australians to spend money.
Australians do not have the same idea as we do. They all advocate being separated from the family and living independently when they grow up. So the Australian elderly do not have to pay for their children, or even their grandchildren.
With Australia`s universal health care, the world`s first! As long as you have a medicare card, go to a doctor and just brush your card and don`t have to pay any money. If it`s more than $200 a year, there`s no more money to pay, and that`s a subsidy.
Many people doubt that such universal health care will make people lazy, but little people think it will make people`s lives easier to worry about.
Plus Australia has a variety of preferential policies for the elderly.
L domestic services provided by goverment (including collection of domestic waste, garden waste, etc.): from more than 800 yuan per year before retirement to 480yuan.
Water: almost half price after retirement; electricity: $30 per quarter after retirement; telephone: $36 for two.
Public transport: $2.5 per person by bus, train, ferry for one day, available 24 hours.
L Park: all retirees of the National Park who charge for it are free of charge. If you drive into the park, people in the car, whether retired or not, are free.
Holiday: enjoy 4 free train trips per year, free choice of time, place, train number. Cross-provincial tours are free within the province.
There is no need to worry about funeral expenses on the day when the limit comes. The insurance company has been waiting to pay for the elderly.
It is such sound social benefits that the elderly in Australia are truly "retired". Having been busy for the most part of my life, I can live a free and full life.
Continue to work, give play to light and heat
Although Australia`s old-age pension is adequate and has little to do with retirement, many still choose to postpone retirement or return to work.
Some are trying to save up for themselves, and more than 60% of Australia`s working population is delaying retirement to seek financial security so that they don`t have enough money to spend on retirement.
However, Australia`s working environment is to make people willing to continue working. Job satisfaction is the main reason 50% of Australia`s workforce is willing to work after retirement, according to the survey.
More elderly people are willing to return to work, mainly because work makes them feel more fulfilling. This will make their lives more colorful, and will not be out of touch with society.
And Australian companies are also willing to hire the right elderly, experienced, serious work attitude, high loyalty to the enterprise, and the employment of the elderly is also a social responsibility of the enterprise. So over the past decade or so, companies in Australia have listed annual recruitment of senior employees as an independent HR program. 50% of retired seniors feel there is no big obstacle to getting back to work.
"I`m old, but I want to keep working, and I can get the right job."
The whole society has provided jobs for these elderly people who do not live up to their old age. What could be more thoughtful than this?.
One is never too old to learn.
There are those who continue to work, as well as those who continue to study.
I only heard that 80-year-old women in China learn English, and 90-year-old women in Australia go to college.
Australian media have previously reported that 94-year-old David was admitted to the University of Talla, enrolled for his first college degree in life, and studied for a bachelor of arts degree in English and history. Moreover, it also realized the desire to go to college with her granddaughter.
It is believed that such a pair of grandsons and grandchildren will be the most unique scenery of Tazhou University.
Life goes on, movement goes on
Australians love sports is famous, older Australians love more than young people!
Research shows that 60% of Australians over the age of 50 exercise at least twice a week. If you give your health score, full ten, nearly half of all older Australians give themselves 8 to 9 points.
In addition to normal running, swimming, the Australian elderly especially like to learn some new sports. For example, yoga.
One such old man in Australia, Betty Kalman, now lives in Melbourne, Australia. More than 80 years old, but also can complete a variety of yoga high-difficulty movements.
There is also such a centenarian Australian, she dance to ban the world.
Her name is Eileen Kramer.. If the young girl is out of passion and sexy, she has a lasting charm.
We occupy the world with a ballroom dance, and Grandma Eileen explains her insistence on the dance with this startling dance.
Life goes on and on, and movement goes on.
No wonder the old people in Australia are so energetic.
The meaning of travel is to experience the original beauty
Xiao Wei once saw such a report that an Australian 70-year-old woman and her husband drove around Australia for 30000 kilometers. They live in tents, fish, chop wood, knock coconut.
In an interview, she said calmly: "this is normal in Australia, vacation, travel, a simple primitive life, very normal."
For more elderly retirees in Australia, retirement is not the end of life, but the starting point! They have money and leisure, and the world is so big that they all want to see it!
Never miss a corner you didn`t go to when you were young, never miss the beauty you never saw! Do not want to stay in the hotel, do not like to travel with the group, like to drive a car, carrying a small bike, let us go to those beautiful mountains more.
Age is not a cage, no one can trap a young heart.
Overseas retirement
Nowadays, the most fashionable thing in Australia is to retire overseas!
We travel around, meet our favorite island, why don`t we stay here!
What about the pension? You can`t miss it!
As long as you are a permanent resident of Australia (and you pay taxes in Australia for more than 10 years, you can actually live in any country, you can receive an Australian pension.
Malaysia is now a good place for older Australians to retire. It is also very wise to take Australia`s pension and enjoy the standard of living in Malaysia.
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When asked when she stopped practicing yoga, Yoga-loving grandma Kalman said: "Don`t give up because of your age."
Dance-loving grandma Eileen said, "you can still do a lot of things when you`re 100 years old."
For older Australians, retirement can`t be called retirement if they have to shoulder their children`s lives.
They yearn for true independence and freedom.
Maybe in the end, they can`t resist the years, there will be a day when they can`t walk, can`t play, and they can`t run.
But at the very least, when they are still healthy, they are still living actively.
The most admirable thing is that they have the right to choose the rest of their lives.
I can choose to stay at home to grow vegetables, fish, and I can choose to go on a trip.
They really have the choice of their own life.
What`s the old man doing when he retires in Australia?
Just do what you want!
