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A landmark report produced by Help the Aged - Spotlight on older people in Northern Ireland - draws attention to the issues faced by vulnerable older people living in Northern Ireland today.
Focusing on the five key themes that form the basis of the work of Help the Aged - poverty, isolation, neglect, ageism and future deprivation - the report looks at the reality of being an older person in our society.
One in every seven older people is living in severe poverty according to a new report, Spotlight on older people in Northern Ireland, produced by Help the Aged in Northern Ireland. This figure is predicted to get worse in coming years as the cost of living continues to increase yet pensioners’ main source of income, the Basic State Pension, remains static.
Spotlight on older people in Northern Ireland draws attention to the issues faced by vulnerable older people living in Northern Ireland today: poverty; isolation; neglect; ageism and future deprivation. One year after the return of devolved Government to Northern Ireland, Help the Aged is challenging the Executive to address the range of issues raised in the report as a matter of urgency and to commit to action now to address the poverty and financial hardship being experienced by older people.
Duane Farrell, Head of Policy, Research and Communications at Help the Aged in Northern Ireland commented:
This report shines a harsh light on the poor quality of life being experienced by far too many pensioners in Northern Ireland. That older people, at the start of the twenty first century, do not have enough money to live on is nothing short of a scandal. Our Executive has committed itself to action which will address the shocking instances of child poverty. Yet older people equally face terrible choices in light of ever increasing prices not matched by increases in the Basic State Pension or benefits."
Download a copy of Spotlight on older people in Northern Ireland.
Find out more about Help the Aged and its campaigns at www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-ni/default.htm
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