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Our Aged

The final programme in the series examines how the older generation is faring in three European countries. In northern Russia, Sue Lloyd Roberts discovers how the Communist Party's promise of " cradle-to-grave care has failed former workers at a state enterprise. Dr Anna Raeburn finds many retirement-age Dutch choosing to prolong theirworking lives, and, in Austria, Edward Stourton reflects on what elderly people can teach their younger counterparts as he meets a survivor of Nazi eugenics.

English
  • Originally Aired June 10, 2000
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
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