Demographics

Baroness Sally Greengross considers what the economic and societal effects of a global ageing society will be and says there's an increasing need for healthy older people to be employed into their seventies. She argues that the global phenomenon of ageing is not all bad news.

The recent release of the so called 'dementia atlas' by the government provides a map of dementia in England. The information used to devise the map uses a range of data, and is a good starting point for exploring the regional differences in the care of people with dementia. Fiona Marshall looks at where we are.