The Jo Cox commission on loneliness is now looking at older people and last week released a report based on a survey carried out on Gransnet. It seems useful to reflect on loneliness through the prism of ageing without children When we were carrying out... Continue reading
As part of world childless week, lovely blog on Walk in Our Shoes from 80 year old Robert https://walkinourshoes.net/#/robert/ Continue reading
There has been an interesting thread on our Facebook group this week based on people’s experiences of not being in the grandparents club. People talked of being at retirement parties, family get togethers, clubs they belonged too & even holidays with friends where they were... Continue reading
“Britain is too selfish to care for its elderly” scream the headlines in today’s Daily Mail. This follows hot on the heels of Care Minister Jacky Doyle Price’s comments at the Conservative Party conference lecturing the country on how it should look to the example... Continue reading
When I founded Ageing without Children back in 2015 I was under no illusions of how difficult the situation facing older people who had no adult children or adult children willing or able to support them would be. In 2014 the IPPR had published The... Continue reading
Read any report on inequalities on ageing and you’ll see many of the same things: the adverse impact of being isolated with poor support networks, loneliness, having poor health and a low income. Certain groups will be highlighted as being particularly at risk,... Continue reading
SUPPORT FOR THOSE AWOC-NOT ALL OLDER PEOPLE ARE GRANDPARENTS, AND THIS ASSUMPTION CAN BE DETRIMENTAL
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Context The numbers of people over 65 without adult children are set to double from 1.2 million at the present time to 2 million by 2030. At the moment 92% of informal care is provided by family [1] and 80% of older people with disabilities... Continue reading
Over the next 20/30 years there will be unprecedented numbers of people without children reaching oldest old age. Policy and planning focused on older people being supported by their children/grandchildren in later life will not meet this need and risks leaving individuals ageing without children... Continue reading
It is Carers Week, the time to highlight the work of the unpaid carers that prop up the health and social care system. Everywhere there are articles pointing out how much unpaid carers save the state and how much the system would collapse without them,... Continue reading