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Why we need to face up to the ageing population?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2021

Anna Dixon
Anna Dixon*
Affiliation:
The Centre for Ageing Better, London, UK
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Corresponding author. Email: CEO@ageing-better.org.uk
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Abstract

Dr Anna Dixon, Chief Executive at the Centre for Ageing Better, examines the issues around an ageing population, how we have reached this stage and offers potential solutions to the problems it presents. Her book, The Age of Ageing Better? turns the misleading and depressing narrative of burden and massive extra cost of people living longer on its head and shows how our society could thrive if we started thinking differently. She presents a refreshingly optimistic vision for the future that could change the way we value later life in every sense.

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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 2021 , pp. 379 - 382
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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