Boom in elderly numbers "will put workers and care provision under pressure"
18/08/2010
A massive explosion in the numbers of people living to 85 and beyond will put huge pressures on workers and State funding for the long term care of older people in the next 20 years, according to an investigation of Office of National Statistics (ONS) data by retirement solutions specialist Partnership.
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