Society is getting older. In Hungary, people aged 65 and over now make up a quarter of the population, and their number has already overtaken that of young people under 18. The challenges of an ageing population are widely discussed in many fields, so it’s no surprise that we, as rheumatologists, decided to organise a course focusing on inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases in older patients.

It was an honour to receive an invitation from Dr Ilona Horváth, Medical Director of BEMER Hungary, to give a presentation entitled “An Ageing Society, Movement, and BEMER” at the grand celebration and conference marking the 25th anniversary of the Hungarian Co.