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Healthy Ageing & The Quality Of Your Life

Dr Chris Steele MBE talks about healthy ageing & the importance of your quality of life. People are not just living longer lives but healthier ones too, according to Brian Beach, research fellow of the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK), following a study into serious illness in the UK. Research from the ILC-UK over a ten-year period shows: The number of people with serious illnesses in their early 60s has almost halved - figures have also fallen for people in their late 60s and early 70s. More people are living past the age of 75 before being diagnosed with a serious illness. The ILC-UK is an independent, non-partisan think-tank dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change. Its report, Serious Illness in the Over 50s, uses data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), which provides the first estimate for the overall prevalence of serious illness among older people in the UK.

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