The latest ERS Vision instalment explores a number of key issues regarding ageing and respiratory medicine. Featured topics include the challenges of treating elderly patients with respiratory diseases, the burden of chronic respiratory diseases in the elderly and the accelerated ageing of the lung together with possible new therapies.

Professor Ildiko Horvath (Hungary) is joined by Professor Dr. Silke Meiners (Germany), Professor Mario Cazzola (Italy) and Professor Bill MacNee (United Kingdom) for this expert-led discussion.