Fear of death is, perhaps, part of the human condition. But it is a bitter irony that our collective success in postponing the inevitable stirs avoidable anxieties. Foremost among them, in England at least, is being ruined by stratospheric care costs. The Dilnot report reaffirmed the terrible nature of the financial risk which the elderly run, and produced a practical plan for banishing the worst of the fears.
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Do you want to be 1,000 years old?
Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured
By Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland | Reuters – Mon, Jul 4, 2011
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An elderly couple sit on a bench next crocus flowers in a park in Duesseldorf- Mon, Jul 4, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – If Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger.
A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation dedicated to longevity research, de Grey reckons that within his own lifetime doctors could have all the tools they need to “cure” aging — banishing diseases that come with it and extending life indefinitely.
Mr Dilnot has provided an opportunity that will not be bettered.
Dilnot care commission: In place of fear
It was dismaying to hear No 10 meet this powerful report by murmuring that care was ‘complex and difficult’
- Editorial
- guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 July 2011 21.11 BST
More support for dementia sufferers in Norfolk and Suffolk
More support for dementia sufferers in Norfolk and Suffolk
By KIM BRISCOE Monday, July 4, 2011
6.08 AM
Dementia patients receiving hospital treatment are being offered fresh hope with the launch of a £450,000 community scheme to help them go home sooner and safely.
