by admin | 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...
by admin | 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...
by admin | 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...
by admin | 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...
by admin | 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...
