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Life expectancy and loneliness in later life – visually challenged policy making?

• 5 March 2014 • 0 Comments
Life expectancy and loneliness in later life – visually challenged policy making?

We will be even more short-sighted if we don’t at least consider the possible associations between the age of austerity, loneliness, poverty and falling life expectancy.

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Friendship, loneliness, communities and the importance of the valuable relationships

• 22 November 2012 • 0 Comments

People from the Voice and Community Project Reference Group take on the role of “ambassadors for people with learning disabilities

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Mental health and later life

• 26 March 2012 • 0 Comments

Whilst it’s clearly good news that a study has shown mental wellbeing to improve with age, strong evidence suggests that for around a quarter of people over the age of 65, their mental health not only declines but gets significantly worse.

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