1. OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH IN AGEING AND OLDER PEOPLE Professor Robert Stout

2. Jeanne Calment (1875 - 1997) Jeanne Calment: the oldest person who ever lived?

3. Centenarians – Royal Telegrams 1917 24 1952 200 1970 1000 1990 4000 2006 4623

4. Chances of living to 100 Born 18521 in 3800 Born 18961 in 310

5. Population NI 1901-2001 (1901=100) 0-44 45-74 75+ Females Males

9. AGEING 2008 One third of everybody aged 65 and over who has existed in the whole history of human kind is alive today The world population aged 65 and over is increasing by 0.75 million people per month In the next 25 years the population aged 65 and over will grow by 88%. While the working age population will grow by 25%

10. LIFE EXPECTANCY

11. Who wants to live for ever? A scientific breakthrough could mean humans live for hundreds of years BY TWEAKING OUR DNA, WE COULD SOON SURVIVE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS – IF WE WANT TO. STEVE CONNOR REPORTS ON A BREAKTHROUGH THAT HAS THE SCIENCE WORLD DIVIDED

12. Dominic Lawson: An old dilemma: who wants to live for ever? SCIENTISTS ABOVE ALL SHOULD RECOGNISE THE BENEFITS OF GENERATIONAL CHANGE

14. USA: National Long Term Care Survey (1982-1999) Disability in over 65’s decreased from 26.2% to 19.7% This is double the decrease in the mortality rate (1%) Rate of decline accelerating Manton, cited in Tallis and Fillit, 2003

15. Years Lived With Disability Age 60 and over Dementia11.2% Stroke9.5% Musculo-skeletal disorders8.9% Cardiovascular disease5.0% Cancer2.4% (WHO, 2003)

16. Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory

18. Excess Winter Mortality as % Increase over Non-Winter Deaths Ireland19% United Kingdom18% Austria14% Belgium13% France13% Luxembourg12% Denmark12% Germany11% Netherlands11% Finland10%

21. ‘To hold to an unfailing bodily health, constant vigour and tranquillity of mind, to preserve these into a green and rugged old age until, without a struggle of any sickness, soul and body disever’. Von Boerhaave, 1737