Ageing Without Children

Kirsty Woodard Staunton

Founder

Mission

to carry out more research into the issues associated with ageing without children, to inform policy, practice and planning to develop a network of local groups for people ageing without children to campaign for issues affecting people ageing without children to be included in mainstream thinking and planning on ageing, and to challenge the judgements made about them to work with other organisations to develop solutions to some of the difficulties faced by people ageing without children.

Category

Care for the Eldery

Additional Information

One in five people over 50 are not parents, while others enter later life without children because of death, estrangement or distance. By 2030 an estimated 2 million people over the age of 65 will be without adult children. An unspoken assumption underlying policy and planning on ageing is that older people have children and grandchildren who can provide the required help, support and care. Those without children are not considered.

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