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Age equality
Older people use health services more than other age groups. For example, around 17% of people who use health services are over 65 and around 39% of people who are admitted to hospitals as inpatients are over 65. In social care, around 82% of care home places are for older people. Our themed inspection programme in 2011 found that only 45 of the 100 hospitals that we inspected were fully compliant with national standards on dignity and nutrition for older people. Our work to protect people’s rights has the potential to have a big impact on equality for older people.