Loneliness hits the UK’s elderly

Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
  • 8 years ago
According to recent studies in the UK, more than a million older people over the age of 65 say they feel lonely all or most of the time. Al Jazeera’s Emma Hayward reports from Surrey in southern England.

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