I find these statistics very surprising - re Disabled people

I had no idea that so many pensioners were classed as disabled?
these figures come from the Livability website:- ( I wonder what their criteria for disability is if it is accepted that 'oldies' do deteriorate as they age)

There are around 11.9 million disabled people in the UK; this is roughly 19% of the population.

The prevalence of disability rises with age: approximately 5% (800,000) of children, 16% (5.8m) of working age adults and 45% (5.3m) of people of State Pension age are disabled.

At least 56% of all disabled people have an impairment relating to mobility.

4 out of 5 disabled people acquire their disability during their lives.

By 2020 it is estimated that nearly 60% of people over 50 will have a long-term health condition.

that last estimate is very worrying as it places a huge burden on the NHS and care provision.