11.  Clearly this is an attempt to impose a national screening and surveillance programme to monitor the health of older people.

12.  Consequently in Britain there is a strong tradition of investigating the prevalence of ill health and specific medical conditions among older people.

13.  Consistently those older people from professional and managerial occupations experience better health than their contemporaries from the manual occupation groups.

14.  Current evidence indicates that older people are more healthy than popular stereotypes suggest.

15.  Despite these disadvantages, many older people have been able to maintain their social status by remaining active, alert and healthy.

16.  Diabetes affects older people and racial minorities disproportionately.

17.  Disability and age While the vast majority of older people are able to live independently, significant minorities experience considerable difficulties.

18.  Employment training guidelines discriminate directly against older people.

19.  Family hostility often arises when the expectations of older people make quite unrealistic demands upon younger relatives.

20.  Family ties have been weakened by older people living apart from their children.