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Number of older people with four or more diseases will double by 2035, say researchers

25 January 2018
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Older people are not only living longer

25 June 2018

Despite the rapid gain in life expectancy in the last century, it is not clear if the added years consist of healthy years or years lived in poor health and disability.

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It’s time to BREAKDOWN these BAME BARRIERS

18 June 2018

In the last 8 years while doing charity work in my free time I have noticed a growth in the older population from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups. Older people from BAME backgrounds suffer from the same illnesses our other patients suffer from.

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Is it time to redefine old age?

27 September 2017

Nowadays a majority of people above the age of 65 remain active. Vedamurthy Adhiyaman discusses why we should redefine old age.

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Ageing and economic growth – not all doom and gloom

18 September 2017

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.

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Half the people in the world with Parkinson’s Disease have probably not been diagnosed…

28 July 2017

Richard Walker reports back from the 21st International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Vancouver, especially what's happening in lower and middle income countries, and the possible beneficial effects of mucuma beans on Parkinson's patients.

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Cause of death? Dementia...

19 January 2017

In England and Wales more people now die of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease than anything else. A similar picture is likely in the rest of the UK. What does this mean for healthcare professionals involved in the management of people with dementia and our approach to the older population?

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Working Group on the Ageing Society

14 February 2014
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