title: Multiple chronic diseases compound problems related to ageing.
abstract: What is the relation between ageing and illness? How does the subjective experience of multiple illness relate to the medical model? These questions become more pressing as more of the population survives into extreme old age. As treatment of disease improves, people are more likely to live with multiple chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, chronic obstructive airways disease and mental illness, including dementia.