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Protecting Our Parents
Follows Birmingham's older adults care teams over the course of a year, from the perspective of the professionals, families and the elderly.
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Protecting Our Parents - the facts
- Around 1 in 3 people over 65 and 1 in 2 over 80 fall each year.
- Every year, over 500,000 older people attend UK emergency departments following a fall.
- Falls and fractures in the over-65s account for four million hospital bed days each year in England.
- Older people are more likely to stay a long time in hospital, to be moved while there, to experience delayed discharge, and to be readmitted within a month as an emergency.Ìý
- It is estimated that a third of older patients initially admitted to hospital as a medical emergency no longer have a need to be in a hospital bed.
- 10.7 million people in Great Britain can currently expect inadequate retirement incomes  (1 in 6 of us).
- Demand for places in care homes will double in the next 20 years. Â
- There will be an estimated 51% more people aged 65 and over in England in 2030 compared to 2010.
- There will be an estimated 101% more people aged 85 and over in England in 2030 compared to 2010.Ìý
- There are currently around 800,000 people with dementia in the UK.
- Dementia disease costs the economy £23 billion a year.ÌýÂ
- By 2040, the number of people affected is expected to double - and the costs are likely to treble.Ìý
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