Solving the longevity puzzle

Solving the longevity puzzle

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Public figures like Joe Biden have shown the rest of us that what counts as “old age” has changed © PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

Society

Should we retire the idea of retirement?

The definition of what counts as “old age” has changed, but retirement hasn’t

Camilla Cavendish

Solving the longevity puzzle

Senior citizens in Japan. With one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has become a real-time experiment in how other countries might face the challenges brought by low fertility and low mortality rates © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Alamy S

Solving the longevity puzzle

Young graduates at Birmingham University. Among older learners, there remains a perception that adult education lacks career returns © David Bagnall / Alamy Stock Photo

Old dogs and new tricks

A McCarthy & Stone retirement home in Kelso, Scottish Borders. The developer has called on the government to build 30,000 such homes every year over the next decade © David Kilpatrick / Alamy Stock Photo

What happens when an ageing population collides with a housing crisis?

Senior citizens in Japan. With one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has become a real-time experiment in how other countries might face the challenges brought by low fertility and low mortality rates © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Alamy S

Squaring the ageing circle is one of the most pressing economic challenges of our time

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We must utilise the experience older people can offer the workplace

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In data: the global ageing challenge

Previous attempts to raise money for social care without taxing earned income have been swiftly criticised out of existence—like Theresa May’s “dementia tax” © Tommy London / Alamy Stock Photo

The category error distorting our social care model

Richmond House, home of the Department of Health and Social Care. While the cost of the NHS is about to reach 44 per cent of public spending, the state pension alone costs around one-third of the total social security bill © Justin Kase Zninez / Alamy St

Excessive risk management has stifled returns on private sector pensions

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Stop focusing the ageing debate on the cost of services

Rachael Maskell

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