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Teaching archaeology in care homes, I learned how older people are often the best students
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:20:01 EST
As health care improves and more people live healthier and longer lives, the elderly population of Earth will balloon. There were 66m people in the UK in mid-2017, and nearly 12m – or 18.2% – of them were aged 65 years and over. By 2040, that number is expected to rise to 24.2%.