Age UK publish ‘The State of Health and Care of Older People in England 2025’
Age UK has published ‘The State of Health and Care of Older People in England 2025’.
This, the tenth yearly edition of this report, reveals declining health amongst older people, unequal access to services, and growing pressures on unpaid carers and frontline staff. Dementia is mentioned in the report, most notably in Chapter 2.1.5.
Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK, says:
“The uncomfortable truth is that at present, many older people are not able to get the high-quality healthcare and social care support they need – and they do not have time on their side. Against this context it’s not surprising that satisfaction levels are sharply down and there’s a trend towards more ‘going private’ if they can afford it. Sadly, the result is that inequalities are growing and those who are least advantaged are being left further behind. The starkest evidence of this are gaps in healthy life expectancy the scale of which shame us as a nation.”
You can read the report here: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/siteassets/documents/reports-and-publications/reports-and-briefings/health–wellbeing/state-of-health-and-care/state-of-health-care-of-older-people-in-england-2025.pdf