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More men experiencing isolation in old age – BBC report

by Julie | Oct 15, 2014 | Sadness & Loneliness

Men are often reluctant to join clubs for older people, says the study by the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) and the charity, Independent Age. It predicts the number of older men living alone in England will increase by 65% by 2030. “When their partner...

Recommended Film for older men: Song for Marion

by MB50 Team | Jul 18, 2013 | Creative Ageing and Elderhood

Song for Marion: this film has powerful lessons for older men   This is an intense, moving, ultimately hopeful film, and it’s a superb example of the bogs of anger and self-isolation that many older men get stuck in. The film’s focus is an elderly couple, played...

Living Alone and Loneliness::II. Enjoying Our Own Company

by Max | Jun 13, 2013 | Sadness & Loneliness

… Choosing to Live alone without having to feel lonely. Making more social contact through meeting other people is an important way to reduce the feelings of inner loneliness which we can all feel from time to time, and research shows that the more social support we...

Living Alone and Loneliness: I. Stepping Up and Stepping Out

by Max | Jun 13, 2013 | Sadness & Loneliness

 Stats show that more men in their 40’s and 50’s are living alone – the Office  of National Statistics data records that 1.3 million middle-aged men in the UK are living alone. Part of the reason is due to the decline of marriage (down from 79% of...

Loneliness rife among older men – WRVS 26 July 2012

by MB50 Team | Aug 22, 2012 | Sadness & Loneliness

Many men over 75 suffer from lack of social contact and depression 190,000 British men over 75, who live alone, are lonely according to WRVS research, which identified 36 per cent spend more than 12 hours of the day on their own. The research found that these men are...
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