article_snippet.sent: Nat Lievesley, a researcher at the Centre for Policy on Ageing, says this cut-off point 'seems arbitrary', adding: 'It feels like a decision based on cost rather than what's best for women.'
article_snippet.sent: And this ageism is not limited to access to mammograms.
article_snippet.sent: It is ‘shameful’ to write off people as too old for screening and treatment, adds Lynda Thomas, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support.
article_snippet.sent: People should be judged on People health as an individual not just People age.
article_snippet.sent: doesn’t take account of the fact that ageing is changing’, adds Nat Lievesley.
article_snippet.sent: It’s no longer a strong indicator of frailty.
article_snippet.sent: Just look at the role models for women in their 70s.
article_snippet.sent: So it may take Older women a year, a year and a half before Older women function normally.'
article_snippet.sent: An added complication is that older women are likely to be less 'breast aware' and more cautious about bothering older women GP, the All-Party Parliamentary Group pointed out previously.