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Age audit 2015
— a snapshot of older people's lives in the UK | | Corporate Author | National Pensioners Convention - NPC |
| Publisher | National Pensioners Convention - NPC, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 7 pp |
| Source | http://npcuk.org/?s=%22AGE+AUDIT+2015%22&submit=Go |
| Keywords | Retired persons ; Statistics [data]. |
| Annotation | Much has been written in recent years to suggest the UK is facing a `demographic timebomb', caused by a growing number of older people with expensive health, care and pension needs. Also being argued is that older people are better off now than ever before. Contrary to views expressed in the media by politicians, think-tanks and other commentators, older people have not escaped austerity. Changes to the indexation of pensions and freezes to personal tax allowances have reduced the purchasing power of their income in the last five years, whilst severe cuts to social care budgets have left almost a million pensioners coping at home without any formal support. This Age Audit gives facts and figures about what it is like to grow older in the UK in the early 21st century, in terms of income, health, fuel poverty and winter mortality, diet, housing, social exclusion and isolation, and lifestyle. It also observes that a high proportion of people are not saving enough for their retirement; and that 42% of adults have no pension provision (apart from that provided by the state). Those that do, have a pension pot of around £47,000 - not enough to give a decent income in retirement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160127001 E |
| Classmark | BB6: 6C * |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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