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Admin (Retired)
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- Type 1
IT is only when the number of people in Yorkshire affected by loneliness is placed in wider context that the scale of the challenge facing the NHS ? and society ? becomes more clear.
The statistic is a stark one. The 91,300 senior citizens who admit to feeling lonely equates to the number of people who live in the town centres of Harrogate and Knaresborough.
However, just because this issue does not tug at the emotional heart-strings like cancer or dementia, many local authorities across Yorkshire still need to be encouraged to do even more to recognise the plight of pensioners and others who find themselves living on their own.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/debate/yp-comment/the-hidden-cost-of-living-alone-1-6426594
The statistic is a stark one. The 91,300 senior citizens who admit to feeling lonely equates to the number of people who live in the town centres of Harrogate and Knaresborough.
However, just because this issue does not tug at the emotional heart-strings like cancer or dementia, many local authorities across Yorkshire still need to be encouraged to do even more to recognise the plight of pensioners and others who find themselves living on their own.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/debate/yp-comment/the-hidden-cost-of-living-alone-1-6426594