Articles

People ageing without children or family, out of sight, out of mind

Robin Hadley for Age Action Alliance 6 April 2023

Number of elderly women ageing without children rising and we risk sleepwalking into a crisis

Sky News 17 August 2020

Older people without children can’t rely on unpaid informal care

Zeynep Gurtin The Guardian 3 September 2020

Minister’s social care ideas ignore the million childless over 65

Hidden impact of the pandemic on people ageing without children revealed

York Press 1 July 2020

Support for those ageing without children : not all older people are grandparents

Kirsty Woodard blog for Independent Age 3 September 2018

Who cares for those without carers: growing older without family

Kirsty Woodard for Age UK 28 August 2018

Minister’s social care ideas ignore the million childless over 65

Kirsty Woodard The Guardian 17 Jan 2017

Ageing without children; the importance of later life preparation and planning

Centre for Ageing Better Blog – Patrick Thompson

Attitudes to women ageing without children can be surprisingly cruel

Jody Day Daily Telegraph 23 June 2016 (behind paywall)

Ageing without children – why is no one talking about it?

Kirsty Woodard The Guardian 25 April 2014

Going Solo: Findings from a survey of women ageing without a partner and who do not have children Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Nicky Lambert, Ellouise Long and Nicky Lambert Journal of Women and Ageing ( March 2016)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08952841.2016.1187544