2 Million Older People Have Unmet Social Care Needs: Age UK

An estimated two million older people have some unmet social care need, up from 1.6 million last year, a charity has found. Age UK analysed data from the Office for National Statistics and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and found that large numbers of people over the age of 65 are struggling to perform at least one Activity of Daily Living (ADL) by themselves. The charity’s report published on Friday found that out of the 11 million people aged over 65 in England, 1.1 million (10 percent) have difficulty dressing, 640,000 have trouble bathing, and 600,000 have difficulty getting out of bed. Other ADLs that the charity warned seniors are struggling to do on their own include walking across a room (5 percent), going to the toilet (4 percent), and eating (1 percent)....