By Emma, Jessica, Jill, Christie.

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The Elderly
By Emma, Jessica, Jill, Christie.
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What do we mean by the elderly?

• Men are classed as OAPs (old age pensioners)
  when they reach the age of 65. While women are
  classed as OAPs at the age of only 60.
• However the changing nature of today means that
  people are living well beyond this age. The
  average person today can live well over the age
  of 70. Some people these days are reaching the
  age of 100 years, which is not uncommon in
  today's society.

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Scotlands elderly population by gender 2001.
Results show that women live longer
than men!
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Health Facts

• 25 of the 85 age group are in long term care.
• 34 of men and 33 of women aged 65-74 have
  longstanding illnesses.
• 41 of pensioners living in disadvantaged areas
  have longstanding illnesses.
• 30of pensioners in high income areas have long
  standing illnesses.
• The most common diseases of old age are
  arthritis, heart disease and strokes, also eye
  and ear impairments are more common in older than
  young people.
• The elderly who live in disadvantaged areas have
  more difficulty coping with every day activities
  such walking, using public transport and
  household tasks.

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Residential Homes

• Residential homes are ran by the local
  authorities or private companies and sometimes
  voluntary groups e.g churches.
• In a residential home the advantages are-
• Try to get more one to one care
• Meals are cooked for residents and there is a
  chaise of menu.
• A variety of entertainment is available
• Hairdresser visits once per week
• Lounges for family and friends are provided
• Help is provided 24hours a day.
• Residential homes expensive, they can cost as
  much as 500 per week which is quite a bit for
  old age pensioners. This explains why private
  companies open private nursing homes. Many are
  ran well and have an expellant standards of care.

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Nursing Homes.

• Nursing are very similar to residential homes in
  the facilities they provide.
• Many are ran by private companies but usually
  care for people with greater needs for care, this
  means they provide a greater level of care 24hour
  care from trained nursing staff.
• The difference is that they are much more
  expensive than residential homes.

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Standards of living.

• Only 12 of pensioners receive income from
  employment.
• The elderly get bored in care homes because they
  cant get out and they are on there own for most
  of the day.
• 100,000 people are shut away in care homes in
  Britain.
• Can go days sometimes months with out getting out
  side for something that they want to do.
• Single women pensioner are said to be worst off.
• The older generation that are in care homes often
  get depressed.
• Treated worse in care homes than prison.

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Standards of living.

• Poorer old people spent a large part of there
  income on food (24) than better off pensioners
  (16)
• Poorer and older pensioners spend less on fuel
  to.
• Pensioners staying in rented accommodation pay
  30 of there income on rent.
• 15 of pensioners houses are in a bad state of
  repair.
• 25 of the worst housing accommodation is
  occupied by pensioners.
• Single pensioners are more likely than others to
  live in houses which are expensive to heat.

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Sheltered Housing Accommodation
Year Houses

1992 32,192
1993 32,267
1994 33,100
1995 33,687
1996 34,976
1997 35,484
1998 36,069
1999 34,752
2000 35,342
2001 34,615
1002 34,247
Roughly the housing accommodation for the elderly
has improved.
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This is basically what the elderly do everyday of
every week, they get bored and lonely inside all
day.

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Thank you for listening to our Power Point.

• By Emma, Jessica, Jill and Christie!