Young suffer more from loneliness than the old, report finds

Men are more likely to experience loneliness than women, a report has indicated, The young people feel more lonely than elder people do. 
 
The study by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said that three in five young people surveyed said they often felt lonely. This is compared with 32 per cent of people aged 75 and above who gave the same answer. 
 
The think tank’s Lonely Nation report published recently on Britain similarly showed that people of old age were the least lonely. 
 
About the same number of older adults, 58 per cent of those aged 60 or more, said they felt lonely at least, some of the time, which is one in every three. 4 million people. 
 
Nearly equal numbers said they felt lonely ‘most of the time’, 8 per cent were in this category with 14 per cent of the young people and 6 per cent of those over 75 years. 
 
It was pointed out that older part was less likely to feel lonely because of their integration – in fact, the 65 to 74 year-olds had the highest monthly volunteer figures per head in the country. 
 
CSJ polling also revealed that older people were more likely to be involved in neighbourly banter – 83 per pent of people over 65 said this happens at least once a month compared with 72 across all ages. 
 
Close to 2,100 people took the poll in which just under one in twenty of the older population volunteered and 17 per cent reported that they engaged in neighborhood or community events at least once a month. 
 
Writing an executive summary for the report, Andy Cook, the chief executive of CSJ, said: In this report the CSJ also demonstrate that although older people experience many difficulties on average they are less lonely than younger population. 
 
Older people are more likely than other adults to have talked to a neighbour, member of extended family, seen someone at a local community event, volunteered and had a meaningful conversation with a friend/family member. 
 
“Still there are challenges being faced Though the above mentioned are the positives which are being faced in the process of integration. ” 
 
Of late, older people have elicited concerns in issues to do with adult care, mobility and solitude. 
 
It has been estimated that by the year 2024, 17 will have been embarked on. 4 million adults in the UK will be 65 or over, a 32 per cent increase in the size of the older population from 13. 2 million in 2023. 
 
Experts have condemned loneliness as being bad for one’s health; researchers at Harvard recently discovered that anyone who feels lonely can be at least 50 per cent more likely to suffer a stroke. 
 
As the Lonely Nation report has shown, the total cost of severe loneliness in older people can amount to £6,000 or more per head in health and social care services. 
 
In the document that set out the 20 suggestions to address loneliness for people aged over 65s, the think tank said loneliness could affect 5. 8 million in Britain today Dilip Kohli Be it ‘Two Gentlemen sharing the same mistress’ or ‘Romeo loving his Juliet’, friendship has evolved into a high profiled business with estimated 8 million in Britain today. 
 
Measures suggested are to provide carers with financial recompense, increasing housing adaptability for the ageing occupants and introducing a new plan to assist with regarding those who may consider themselves e out of touch with the online society. 
 
Concluding the paper, its authors wrote: ‘That is the task of the government – to lay the groundwork for a society which makes all elderly individuals feel that they are wanted and needed. 
 
“Loneliness is a dehumanising phenomenon with multiple aetiologies that originate in a society which is devoid of the values of social solidarity and ethical meanings. ”