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Isolation and loneliness: Help the Aged policy statement 2008
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
New research from Help the Aged has revealed that 1.4 million older people in the UK feel socially isolated and nearly 300,000 have gone a full month in the last year without speaking to any family or neighbours. This added to the fact that more than 1.25 million older people are often or always lonely paints a bleak picture of what life is like for many pensioners today. In an effort to tackle these issues head-on, Help the Aged is today launching a new fundraising campaign called ‘1 is the saddest number’ which aims to help end isolation and loneliness among older people. The Charity’s first focus is Christmas as feelings of loneliness can be even more acute during traditional holiday times. Help the Aged is aiming to reach out to 25,000 older people across the UK by providing them each with a Christmas meal to enjoy with friends at their local day centre over the festive period. After Christmas, the Charity will use donations to launch its Volunteering Programme in Spring 2008, which will include befriending opportunities to directly target the chronic loneliness and isolation suffered by many older people across the UK on an ongoing basis
Isolation and loneliness: Help the Aged policy statement 2007
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
New research from Help the Aged has revealed that 1.4 million older people in the UK feel socially isolated and nearly 300,000 have gone a full month in the last year without speaking to any family or neighbours. This added to the fact that more than 1.25 million older people are often or always lonely paints a bleak picture of what life is like for many pensioners today. In an effort to tackle these issues head-on, Help the Aged is today launching a new fundraising campaign called ‘1 is the saddest number’ which aims to help end isolation and loneliness among older people. The Charity’s first focus is Christmas as feelings of loneliness can be even more acute during traditional holiday times. Help the Aged is aiming to reach out to 25,000 older people across the UK by providing them each with a Christmas meal to enjoy with friends at their local day centre over the festive period. After Christmas, the Charity will use donations to launch its Volunteering Programme in Spring 2008, which will include befriending opportunities to directly target the chronic loneliness and isolation suffered by many older people across the UK on an ongoing basis.
Living alone and dying alone: seminar report
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief report of a seminar presenting findings from research reports, discussing the roles of statutory agencies in identifying and tackling isolation among older people and exploring what community and neighbourhood involvement could achieve.