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Who is most likely to feel lonely?

A new report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published in April, has sought to get to the bottom of who is most likely to feel lonely most often. The report, titled, ‘Loneliness: what ch ...

markbendle 1440 views 1 likes May 22, 2018

50% cut from Trading Standards budgets over the last seven years

Dramatic cuts in Trading Standards budgets since 2010 are leaving millions of older people at greater risk of becoming victims of fraud, according to a new policy report by Age UK. In Applying the Bra ...

markbendle 1151 views 0 likes Apr 24, 2018

Stressful journeys to hospital is leaving over a million older people feeling worse

Almost a fifth (18%) of over-65s who have attended a hospital appointment in the past year– over one million people – reported feeling worse afterwards because of the stress involved in the journey, a ...

markbendle 2572 views 0 likes Nov 17, 2017

Social care crisis

A recent report from the charity Age UK concludes that we are living on borrowed time in saving social care for older people from complete collapse. The report, ‘The Health and Care of Older People in ...

markbendle 1602 views 1 likes Mar 28, 2017