The age of old age

1 in 3 children born today will live to be 100. This article in The Independent today discusses the fact that people are living longer and healthier but that ageism remains pervasive. Dementia will be the condition that becomes substantially more likely the older people get. Currently, affecting one in 14 people over 65, one in 6 over 80, and one in three over 90. Research has received a cash injection yesterday as David Cameron announced a 140 per cent increase in public funds by 2015.