Attitudes towards older people are often unhelpful.
There's a stigma towards older mothers; people exaggerate the risks.
The trend towards older people living alone was also putting increasing pressure on health services.
Q: Why is Hollywood so "barbaric", as Charlotte Rampling put it, towards older women?
As Harman says: "Changing attitudes towards older women is the new frontier for public policy".
"Attitudes towards older cinemagoers are changing rapidly as the industry better understands the shift in consumer behaviours.
You're not really old until you reach 75, according to a survey of attitudes towards older people.
We are therefore surveying its makeup, which, I suspect, is largely white and with a bias towards older men.
The specialists in dementia, geriatric medicine and public health claim the growing trend towards older people having their risk of dementia assessed could lead to considerable over-diagnosis.
This was heavily weighted towards older people, with 5% of those over 65 having attended, compared to 1% of those younger than 24.
And while I'm sure most of the recent admiration expressed for White is genuine, the tone of many tributes has been downright patronising towards older female actors.
