David Sinclair (Chief Executive, ILC-UK)'s presentation at Future of Ageing 2023 conference.

1. #FutureOfAgeing
Rank Value
Life span 24
81.4
(years)
Health span 28
70.1
(years)
Work span 47
31.5
(years)
Income 20
48.51
GDP/head ppp ($000s)
Environmental
performance
4
81.3
(on a scale of 0-100)
Happiness 14
7.2
(on a scale of 0-10)
Rank Value
Life span 1
84.3
(years)
Health span 1
74.1
(years)
Work span 51
31.2
(years)
Income 26
42.2
GDP/head ppp ($000s)
Environmenta
performance
12
75.1
(on a scale of 0-100)
Happiness 51
5.9
(on a scale of 0-10)
https://ilcuk.org.uk/preventionindex/

2. “Japan’s ageing population
poses an urgent risk to society”
Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida
#FutureOfAgeing

3. We have been letting future generations down
Under £4 of every £100: Wealth held by people
aged under 40
People aged 55 and over have, on average, 25
times the assets of those aged 16 to 24
#FutureOfAgeing

5. We spend over £280 billion on healthcare
Pensioner benefits will cost £136 billion this year
#FutureOfAgeing

6. $10 trillion: Spending by older households in the
G20
Every third dollar: earned by workers aged 50 in
the G20 economy
#FutureOfAgeing

7. #FutureOfAgeing
Life expectancy in the UK by age group

8. 8.9 million: economically inactive adults aged under 65
2.6 million: shortfall of paid workers by 2030
25%: increase in spending by older people on alcohol, cigarettes and
drugs over the past decade
2.6 years: healthy life expectancy lost every time we lose one year in
life expectancy
#FutureOfAgeing

9. We work about 24 hours a week, compared to 30 in
1970
4 hours a day: spent by adults on leisure activities
#FutureOfAgeing

10. 5 million people: regularly provide unpaid care to another adult, 1.5 million
people: providing more than 90 hours a week
200,000 new homes: the Government’s 300,000 homes a year target was last met
in 1977
40%: of people aged 75+ live alone
half a million more: people are experiencing chronic loneliness than before the
pandemic. (Campaign to End Loneliness)
#FutureOfAgeing

11. Imagine if…
We invested in prevention and our workplaces helped us stay healthy
We helped everyone save for long lives
Our innovation led the world
We had places to come together
We had homes adapted to ageing
We could go out past 4pm in the winter
Government planned for the long term
#FutureOfAgeing

12. Ikigai 生き甲斐, lit. 'a reason for being’
What you love
What you’re good at
What you can be paid for
What the world needs
#FutureOfAgeing