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Quarter of Older Adults in U.K. Less Fit and in More Pain After Lockdown

by Michael Curzon
31 July 2021 12:04 PM

The physical and mental health of millions of older Brits has deteriorated over the past year of lockdowns, with more than a quarter saying they can no longer walk as far as they used to and almost a fifth feeling less confident leaving the house alone, according to new research.

The Charity Director of Age U.K. says that encouraging older people to remain in their homes, away from their families and from the wider community, has left “deep physical and emotional scars“. The Glasgow Times has the story.

People reported being less steady on their feet, struggling to manage the stairs and feeling less independent since the start of the crisis, according to polling for Age U.K.

Some 27% of adults aged 60 and over said they could no longer walk as far, while 25% said they were in more pain.

It also found evidence of accelerated cognitive decline, with more than a fifth (22%) of respondents saying they were finding it harder to remember things.

The charity fears the adverse effects may prove long-lasting and in some cases be irreversible, heaping pressure on NHS and social care services over the coming years.

Some 1,487 people aged 60 and over in the U.K. were polled by Kantar Polling between January 28th and February 11th, during the third national lockdown.

Extrapolated to the U.K. population, the findings suggest that millions of older people have seen their health decline following multiple lockdowns, social distancing measures, the loss of routines and support and limited access to services.

The charity also found that some people living with a mental health condition saw their symptoms exacerbated, while others were feeling depressed or anxious for the first time.

More than a third (36%) of respondents said they were feeling more anxious since the start of the pandemic, and 43% said they were less motivated to do the things they enjoy. …

People also gave more detail about their struggles through an online survey, which received 14,840 responses.

They spoke of crying daily due to loneliness, feeling like a prisoner and having had their confidence and purpose “sapped”.

Caroline Abrahams, Age U.K.’s Charity Director, said it may take some time for older people to rebuild their confidence, urging people to “keep supporting the older people in your lives”.

She said: “Our research found that earlier this year, immobility, deconditioning, loneliness, and an inability to grieve as normal, were leaving deep physical and emotional scars on a significant proportion of our older population.”

Worth reading in full.

Tags: ExerciseFitnessPainSocial distancing

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TheGreenAcres
TheGreenAcres
1 year ago

It’s hard to disagree with those who say Democracy is a sham. Nobody voted for this and yet it’s foisted on us anyway. At least the pro-Pally f-wits in London are prepared to fight for the future they want. Everyone else just sits at home waiting to get shafted some more.

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varmint
varmint
1 year ago
Reply to  TheGreenAcres

Actually Net Zero was in Labour and Tory manifesto’s. It is just that most people have no clue what is involved for their freedom and their prosperity. ——Most will probably think that there really is a climate crisis and all we need to do is get rid of fossil fuels and use wind and sun and everything will tick along just fine. ———-NOPE. IT WILL NOT

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

“London councils were the most likely to implement these charges, with responses revealing that at least 20 of the capital’s 32 boroughs have them in place.”

So, although many London councils claim to be against ULEZ they are nevertheless more than happy to screw their own people for not driving the correct car. In other words these sanctimonious so and so’s are lying barstewards who in reality are dancing to the same tune as the Khant.

Not damned bright enough to be aware of their own crude hypocrisy and lies.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

A mini dump.

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/a-beginners-guide-to-the-great-covid-con-part-5-matt-hancocks-role/

A short but grim read.

As many of us on here have stated Hancock is bang to rights on the Care Home murders – Democide.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

And here’s another worthwhile dump:

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/news-you-might-have-missed/

The clue is in the title.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

We are being pushed, perhaps purposely, towards pitchfork time! Everyone will have to become a bladerunner!

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WyrdWoman
WyrdWoman
1 year ago

I’ve been driving around my local area over Xmas with family guests and have noticed a significant increase in both 20 mph zones and surveillance cameras everywhere since the summer. This in a rural area with a p*ss poor bus service and mostly narrow country lanes with few or no footpaths. Oh, and fuel in these parts is 20p/litre more than guests pay at home. Democracy has died, bureaucratic totalitarianism rules.

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varmint
varmint
1 year ago
Reply to  WyrdWoman

Green = Red. ———Public policies are strangling us with regulations, mandates and impoverishment with climate the hammer that nails us to the floor. The pathetic excuse that we are in a “climate emergency” is not just a slap in the face to hard pressed families depending on their car. It is 5 uppercuts from Mike Tyson. There is no tyranny worse than the one that terrorises you for your own good as these people never sleep.

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Jackthegripper
Jackthegripper
1 year ago

Why only concentrate on tailpipe emissions. EV’s are heavier than an equivalent ICE and produce more tyre and road wear, so instead of a clear new diesel, a filthy EV that will have to drive at least 60,000 miles before it is ‘carbon-neutral,’ will be producing micro rubber and plastics from tyres while causing greater road wear. I say penalise EV drivers for their selfish actions.

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A. Contrarian
A. Contrarian
1 year ago
Reply to  Jackthegripper

Rest assured they will have to move onto this soon enough – as more and more people are forced into EVs (or nothing) they’re obviously not going to drop parking charges just like they’re not going to give up fuel duty, so they will come up with some way of ranking EVs also or simply charge everyone sky high rates if they can’t be bothered.

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Smudger
Smudger
1 year ago
Reply to  A. Contrarian

They certainly won’t give up as long as the majority of those that vote tend to vote for establishment parties. No sympathy can be extended to the inconveniences and costs experienced and endured by the unthinking establishment party voter. Apart from the EU referendum the British people haven’t tried boycotting the establishment line by voting for centre Right challenger parties but it is way past time they gave it shot in 2024.

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varmint
varmint
1 year ago

“Councils argue that such charges are need to improve air quality and encourage people to use more sustainable forms of transport”———–The first part of that is dubious and the second requires that this “sustainable transport” is available 24 hours a day to every workplace and back straight to your home which IT IS NOT. —Where is the sustainable bus at 5.30 am to take people right to their place of work? Or at midnight to get home from late shifts or start night shifts? Why are we letting these phony planet savers away with this tyranny? People go out to work and have bought vehicles in good faith with hard earned money only for these eco parasites to come along and tell them they cannot use those vehicles instead of allowing them to come to the end of their natural life and is a diabolical disgrace.

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