Loneliness and Ageing (BBC News)

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary

Age UK estimates that approximately 450,000 people aged 65 and over will have spent this Christmas alone.

Read more: BBC News. Will you be lonely this Christmas?.

Reference

Triggle, N. (2013). Will you be lonely this Christmas? London: BBC Health News, December 17th 2013.

This relates to:

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Reference

Brooks, R. (2013). 450,000 older people will be alone this Christmas. London: Age UK, November 12th 2013.

See also:

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Reference

Richardson, H. (2014). Loneliness and periods of crisis ‘affect many in UK’. London: BBC News, January 20th 2014.

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Dementia and Elderly Care News. Wolverhampton Medical Institute: WMI. (jh)
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