Ageing population with care needs set to grow by 25% within a decade
25 May 2017
A new public health policy model has been developed by the Whitehall II/Liverpool University research collaboration, funded by the British Heart Foundation.
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The first results, published in Lancet Public Health, show that the burden of disability will grow as a result of the rising number of people living into old age (25% from 2015 over a decade), rather than an increase in ill-health. This illustrates the huge challenges looming over the health system as the population continues to age. Urgent need for better disease prevention policies targeting poor diet, smoking, alcohol, high blood pressure and physical inactivity, as well as increased investment in health and social care.
Dr Maria Guzman-Castillo, Sara Ahmadi-Abhari, Piotr Bandosz, Prof Simon Capewell, Prof Andrew Steptoe, Prof Archana Singh-Manoux, Prof Mika Kivimaki, Martin J Shipley, Prof Eric J Brunner, Prof Martin O'Flaherty, The Lancet Public Health, 23 May 2017.
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