Just because I’ve been talking about Dementia, loss of mobility or other health issues doesn’t mean that you should get depressed about ageing. There are simply more and more people living longer and mostly better lives and these afflictions are only a small part of it . In the longer TED Talk by Ashton Applewhite , she mentions that Dementia affects only 4% of the population. In other good news, 90% of UK residents over 65 remain in their own homes , only 8% of Australians end up in care homes and only around 4% of Americans do. As it stands this usually only happens at the very end of people’s lives and those numbers are falling and could fall more quickly if things like accessibility, mobility and affordability which we mentioned earlier, were addressed - something which is happening now.Continuing research may also reduce the figures for Dementia. Sixty is a Number, not a Use – By -Date Another cause for celebration is that some of the w...
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