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Materials from the Foresight 'Future of an ageing population' project, which analysed the challenges and opportunities of an ageing society.
Report looking at the differences in learning processes through life, and how we could enhance the learning capacity of older people.
This report sets out the results of a study investigating the extent to which age is a factor in oncology treatment decisions. Download The impact of patient age…
Interventions that can be made by pharmacy teams, to improve quality of life for older people.
Report looking at the social and cultural factors which affect our attitudes to ageing.
Report exploring how new media and new technologies are changing our attitudes to the ageing process.
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.
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