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Minimum income for healthy living: older people
- Authors:
- MORRIS Jenny, et al
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research by the London School of tropical Hygiene and Medicine found people over 65 are not spending enough money each week on food and have worryingly low levels of exercise. It concluded pensioner poverty is leaving people at risk of falls, heart disease and is destroying their independence. Only 17% of people over 60 said they keep fit and up to 30% of 65-74 year-old men and women of the same age are obese. The report identified diet and nutrition, physical activity, housing, health care and social life as the vital elements needed for older people’s well-being. It calculated the weekly cost meeting these is £32.20 a week. Inadequate income clearly has a major impact on the health of the nation’s people in later life, but urgent action to tackle barriers, such as poor health awareness and access to health and leisure facilities, is also needed. The report called on local authorities to provide accessible and affordable leisure activities close to where older people live and to involve older people in planning new services to ensure their health needs are taken into account.