I found out from a online website that
The percentage of the population who feel isolated and are therefore, at risk of loneliness is significantly larger:
- 12% of older people feel trapped in their own home
- 6% of older people leave their house once a week or less
- Nearly 200,000 older people in the UK don’t get help to get out of their house or flat
- 17% of older people are in contact with family, friends and neighbours less than once a week and 11% are in contact less than once a month
- Over half (51%) of all people aged 75 and over live alone
- 36% of people aged 65 and over in the UK feel out of touch with the pace of modern life and 9% say they feel cut off from society
- Half of all older people (about 5 million) say the television is their main company
I wanted to research the statics of the age range that loneliness is most affected in our society because it will support the target audience that I am aiming to produce the final product for.
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