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that loneliness is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. Three quarters of GPs surveyed say they see 1 to 5 people a day who are suffering from loneliness. 1 Loneliness has been linked
reporting that they can't walk as far since the pandemic. This impacted the older people we surveyed by: reducing their ability to do day-to-day activities leading to a loss of mobility and balance
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care packages stripped back in a desperate effort by their council to spread the jam more thinly. A survey carried out by the Care and Support Alliance last year found numerous examples of this, as witnessed
it mainstream. Ageing and its effects is the single largest cause of human suffering. There was a survey in the US in 2013 that said that 90% of people hadn’t heard anything about the idea of slowing
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Low mood isn't part and parcel of getting older. We've pulled together useful information for you to share with the older people you support, as well as our latest mental health research and reports.
complex benefits and care systems came up time and again in the programme. 98 per cent of people surveyed about Ambitions for Later Life found the information and advice they were given useful and an identical
inclusion group had moved on even further and were learning about family history online. National surveys show that virtually all younger people use the internet, but this reduces with age and those aged