By Daniel Lombard

This year's Older People's Day feels more relevant than ever.

The last 12 months have seen a shift in attitudes towards our senior citizens. The news that pensioners outnumber children for the first time in British history has not gone unnoticed in Whitehall, with the government finally beginning to face up to the challenges of an ageing population.

This is illustrated by a clutch of major policies due to be announced in the next few months: the national dementia strategy and the green paper on care and support, to name but two.

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