David Brindle: We need to know more about disability - The Guardian 28th May 2008

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

There is no shortage of data about our ageing population. If the government's consultation on reforming the care and support system in England ends up going nowhere, it won't be for lack of facts and figures about present and future numbers of over-65s, over-85s and over-100s (a staggering 57,000 by 2031, it is projected), their life expectancy and, more pertinently still, their healthy life expectancy.

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