{"id":2260,"date":"2014-02-25T14:17:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2260"},"modified":"2014-02-25T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T14:17:05","slug":"older-people-face-isolation-over-council-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/older-people-face-isolation-over-council-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Older people face isolation over council cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2261\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Arriva_Buses_Wales_Cymru_2652_CX07CUC_8989347694.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2261\" alt=\"Nearly 100 subsidised bus services have been cut since 2011. Image: Alan Sansbury\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Arriva_Buses_Wales_Cymru_2652_CX07CUC_8989347694-1024x767.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2261\" alt=\"Nearly 100 subsidised bus services have been cut since 2011. Image: Alan Sansbury\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Arriva_Buses_Wales_Cymru_2652_CX07CUC_8989347694-1024x767.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Nearly 100 subsidised bus services have been cut since 2011. Image: Alan Sansbury<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nElderly people in Wales are at risk of \u201cunseen levels of isolation and loneliness\u201d as councils cut services they need, a charity has warned.<br \/>\nAge Cymru released figures today showing that 41,000 people aged 65 are constantly struggling with loneliness, with 146,000 saying it\u2019s an issue they often struggle with.<br \/>\nTwo thirds of people surveyed said they feared loneliness as they aged.<br \/>\nIan Thomas, Age Cymru\u2018s Chief Executive argued that cuts must be sustainable. He said: \u201cWith our ageing population, it is vital that we are able to provide services that meet the needs of older people &#8211; both today and in the future.\u201d<br \/>\nOlder people in particular rely on services like regular buses, door to door transport, public toilets, libraries and day centres, all of which face curtailment across Wales as cash-strapped councils struggle to cope with funding cuts.<br \/>\nA Freedom of Information request to 19 councils across Wales recently discovered that 93 subsidised bus services have been cut since 2014, after a 25 per cent drop in government funding.<br \/>\nBut other services are also under threat.<br \/>\nPowys Council today makes its final budgets decisions after pledging to make savings of \u00a340 million over the next three years, following a survey in which residents strongly opposed plans to close day centres and reduce wheels on meals service.<br \/>\nThe council attracted significant <a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/tag\/play-centre\/\">controversy<\/a> after proposing to raise the charge on day centres from \u00a36 to \u00a335 per day.<br \/>\nProtesters face an uphill struggle to protect existing services as councils can slash existing services to the levels set out as the basic statutory requirement for councils.<br \/>\nThis comes following a report by the older people&#8217;s commissioner for Wales\u00a0Sarah Rochira, who said older people were facing the \u201cdevastating impact\u201d from the loss of public services on their lives.<br \/>\n\u201cThese services are not luxuries \u2013 they are essential to the maintenance of older people\u2019s health, independence and well-being.<br \/>\n\u201cThese services should be seen as essential community assets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elderly people in Wales are at risk of \u201cunseen levels of isolation and loneliness\u201d as councils cut services they need, a charity has warned. Age Cymru released figures today showing that 41,000 people aged 65 are constantly struggling with loneliness, with 146,000 saying it\u2019s an issue they often struggle with. Two thirds of people surveyed said they feared loneliness as they aged. Ian Thomas, Age Cymru\u2018s Chief Executive argued that cuts must be sustainable. 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