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For richer for poorer: the financial situations of older people in Wales; executive summary
- Authors:
- HELP THE AGED, AGE CONCERN, WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Presents measures for income, social exclusion and deprivation among older poelpe in Wales. While notions of poverty are subjective in many respects it is objectively evident that older people in Wales are the poor relations of the European Union.
Out of sight, out of mind: social exclusion behind closed doors
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
1.2 million people over 50 are severely excluded: 400,000 aged 50 to 64, 360,000 aged 65 to 79, and 400,000 aged over 80. They have an average income of just £131 per week. A woman over the age of 85 is six times more likely to be severely excluded than a woman aged between 65 and 69. 56% of severely excluded people over 50 do not consider their health to be good, compared to just 17% of those with no signs of exclusion. One in five people over 80 living alone are severely excluded, and men over 80 living alone are 11 times more likely to be lonely than men over 80 who are living with a partner. The number of very old people living alone is expected to increase by 16% over the next 15 years. Recently bereaved 65-79 year olds are 10 times more likely than those who are married to be lonely; recently bereaved older people are three times more likely than married older people to show three symptoms of depression. Over half of homes that are privately rented by the over 50s are considered non-decent. Those aged 50-64 are eight times more likely to be severely socially excluded if they rent their home privately than if they own it or pay a mortgage. The number of people with dementia is set to rise from 700,000 at present to 1 million by 2025, significantly increasing the number at risk of social exclusion.