NPC Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures

An estimated 3.5m older people live alone.
12% of older people (over 1.1m) feel trapped in their own home.
In England, 8% of those aged 75 and over say they have difficulty accessing a corner shop, 10% a supermarket, 10% a post office, 9% a doctor’s surgery and 17% to a local hospital.
From 65 onwards participation in arts, car ownership, museums and galleries, sport and learning all start to reduce. For example, car ownership falls from over 70% to just 42% and participation in the arts drops from 65% to 50%.
7 out of 10 over 65s have never used the internet.
Since April 2008, all pensioners in the UK have been entitled to a minimum concession of free, off-peak travel (valid between 9.30am-11pm weekdays and at all times on weekends and Bank Holidays). Some local authorities have introduced more generous schemes to take into account other forms of transport and 24-hour travel.
Pensioners in England cannot use their bus pass in Scotland, Wales or N Ireland, and vice versa.
An estimated 500,000 older people in the UK are abused either psychologically (34%), financially (20%), physically (19%) or sexually (3%).
Dementia affects 1 in 5 people over the age of 80, 1 in 4 over the age of 85 and 1 in 3 of people aged over 90. There are currently 700,000 people suffering with dementia in the UK. This figure is expected to rise to 1m by 2025.