Daily: The Future of Ageing

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We live in a culture obsessed with the spectacle of youth. One in five Britons will be over 65 by 2030 – with the fastest-growing age group being the over-85s. What are the implications for us as a country with an increasingly ageing population? What are the issues that need challenging and policies that need changing? And how should we think about ourselves as ageing people? Tim Whitaker, Vice-Chair of Positive Ageing London, talks to Jude Rogers about the future of ageing. “When you're 100, you normally get a letter from the Queen. That will have to change.” “Older people contribute to society in different ways than younger people.” “There's a danger of ghettoising older people by sending them into care homes.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Jude Rogers. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:05.5	photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.
0:11.8	Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?
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1:16.1	fight to seek the attention of young people, advertising is dominated by millennials with
1:20.9	wrinkle-free flesh, and older people are not sexy, exciting or interesting
1:26.3	in this mix we're told.
1:27.6	But today's 70-somethings were the rebellious children of the 60s, those approaching their
1:31.6	bus past years were the
1:33.0	ravers of the second summer of love. The future of aging today is a very
1:36.8	different beast. In some parts of the UK the needs of older people are
1:40.5	being addressed. Wales and Northern Ireland even have commissioners for
1:43.7	older people. Both here and elsewhere there are huge gaps. One in five Britons will be
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