Old age a 'burden' to employers: Many employers treat older people as a burden, according to a new report
[11 October 2004 - BBC News] Old age is often seen as "an illness" with "no cure", says the report, drawing on four years of research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). It calls for elderly people to be involved in planning the policies and services which affect them, to combat age discrimination. The research found older people's need for a good quality of life was ignored. Instead, they were often seen as a problem to be solved, or as sick and vulnerable "patients" whose rights were restricted by their need to accept health or social care services. ...