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Last broadcast on Sun, 1 Aug 2010, 20:30 on BBC News Channel (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
With nearly a quarter of the population expected to be over 65 within 20 years, and three out of four older people likely to need some form of social care, how we pay for it is fast becoming an urgent question for us all.
In this specially-authored report for Panorama, the former government adviser on older people - Dame Joan Bakewell - looks at some of the innovative ways Britain's baby boomers are looking to future-proof their old age, and warns that with local authorities facing 25 per cent cuts across the board, there is real danger of neglect.
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Panorama asked Richard Humphries, senior fellow at the King's Fund, to examine the extent of the dilemma facing the UK as our aging population balloons in the years ahead.
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Shakespeare's star-crossed pensioners
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Credits
- Presenter
- Jeremy Vine
- Reporter
- Joan Bakewell
- Director
- Judith Ahern
- Producer
- Judith Ahern
Broadcasts
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Mon 26 Jul 201020:30
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Thu 29 Jul 201004:30
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Fri 30 Jul 201001:05
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Sun 1 Aug 201005:30
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Sun 1 Aug 201020:30
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