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Exploring Work at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging (BBC News / Buck Institute for Research on Aging)

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A brief investigation into the research activities and aims of the Buck Institute for Research On Aging, based in California, USA. Full Text Link Reference Walsh, F. (2017). What are the secrets of the superagers? London: BBC Health News, … Continue reading →

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Seventy Thousand Extra Care Home Places Required in England by 2025? (BBC News / Lancet)

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at Newcastle University have confirmed the general view that people are living longer, but that the later years of life often require high levels care (whether in people’s own homes or in residential care). They estimate that there … Continue reading →

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Focus on the Baby Boomer Generation: CMO’s UK Health Profile (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Choices)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The latest annual report from Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England examines the health of people aged between 50 and 70 (broadly, people born between 1945 and 1964). One of the central conclusions drawn … Continue reading →

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Updated Official Statistics on Ageing in the UK (BBC News / ONS)

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Official statistics show that there were 840 people aged 90 and over per 100,000 in England and Wales in 2013; which is was slightly higher than in Scotland (707 per 100,000) and Northern Ireland (620 per 100,000). There has … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for Ageing Manifesto (Ready for Ageing Alliance)

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Ready for Ageing Alliance has released a manifesto on ageing and demographic change, entitled “Getting Ready for Ageing”. Their report presents ideas for policy makers on coping with the challenges of an ageing society, while also offering individuals with … Continue reading →

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Update on the Dementia Tax: £21,000 Per Year (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A new report, commissioned from the London School of Economics and Kings College London, re-visits the issue of the so-called “dementia tax”. It exposes how dementia patients (with their families and carers) in the UK are often forced to … Continue reading →

Radical Review of Health and Social Care Funding (BBC News / Barker Commission / King’s Fund)

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Barker Commission has asserted that the NHS and social care systems in England need to be merged, with a single ring-fenced budget, in the most radical overhaul since their creation in the 1940s. Proposals for new models of … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: Social Demographics

Exploring Work at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging (BBC News / Buck Institute for Research on Aging)

Seventy Thousand Extra Care Home Places Required in England by 2025? (BBC News / Lancet)

Focus on the Baby Boomer Generation: CMO’s UK Health Profile (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Choices)

Updated Official Statistics on Ageing in the UK (BBC News / ONS)

Getting Ready for Ageing Manifesto (Ready for Ageing Alliance)

Update on the Dementia Tax: £21,000 Per Year (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Radical Review of Health and Social Care Funding (BBC News / Barker Commission / King’s Fund)

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