Wednesday, October 03, 2007
"Lifespan extension and the growing number of elderly people, once considered as catastrophic, are now viewed as an indisputable progress."
A rather melodramatic way of putting it - but that's what the organisers of 19th World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics - http://www.gerontologyparis2009.com/site/view8b.php?id=119 They have two years, almost, to further encourage the "growing consensus" (and presumably take care of anyone who would dispute the progress that is lifespan extension)
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Lifespan extension certainly means that older persons' medical costs are getting higher and higher, particularly in the final year of life. There is a very sensitive debate around resource allocation that may become the driving issue here. It might be crude to have this debate framed like a McWillimaesque "Generation Game" , though this may be the harsh reality of the situation.
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Lifespan extension certainly means that older persons' medical costs are getting higher and higher, particularly in the final year of life. There is a very sensitive debate around resource allocation that may become the driving issue here. It might be crude to have this debate framed like a McWillimaesque "Generation Game" , though this may be the harsh reality of the situation.
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