Researchers have put a financial price on an "epidemic of loneliness" - estimating it costs £6,000 per person in health costs and pressure on local services.
But the London School of Economics study of older people says for every £1 spent in preventing loneliness there are £3 of savings.
Deborah Moggach, author of the novel adapted for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films about retired people from the UK going to India, said: "Loneliness really is the last taboo."
She said old age must not be an "inevitable descent into despair" and more efforts had to be made to stop people becoming isolated and lonely.
"We have to stop thinking of this as someone else's problem. As a society, we need to recognise loneliness as an issue, and put something in place that enables older generations to flourish - not flounder," said Moggach. Full story...
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But the London School of Economics study of older people says for every £1 spent in preventing loneliness there are £3 of savings.
Deborah Moggach, author of the novel adapted for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films about retired people from the UK going to India, said: "Loneliness really is the last taboo."
She said old age must not be an "inevitable descent into despair" and more efforts had to be made to stop people becoming isolated and lonely.
"We have to stop thinking of this as someone else's problem. As a society, we need to recognise loneliness as an issue, and put something in place that enables older generations to flourish - not flounder," said Moggach. Full story...
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