Besides the fact the you get uglier :-)?
In all seriousness, it is dealing with illness financially and emotionally. The cost of health care can easily eat up the income of those on a fixed budget, and then they are stuck with hard choices like: eating or taking medication; insuring cars and property or buying medicine, paying bills or purchasing medicine.
Second you become more dependent on people to help you with self care; and they are not always happy about it, and except for the wealthy senior care centers can quickly empty a bank account. So in the end, a lot people are stuck only partially complying with medication requirements, and being less financially and physically able to care for themselves or their property.
Another thing that happens frequently is being lonely. Add that to the above stresses and it is not a great existance.
Remember to love old people. If you live long enough you will be old someday.
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