Elderly residents without internet access face severe isolation and systemic exclusion as essential services like healthcare, banking, and government utilities shift almost entirely online. Age UK warns that 2.4 million digitally excluded older people risk severe isolation and systemic exclusion as essential services shift entirely online. A new Age UK analysis reveals that 2.4 millionContinue reading “Offline, Left Behind”
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Our Broken Care System Left A Disabled Man With A Sandwich And Two Drinks For 60 Hours
Steven King hasn’t had a hot meal for as long as he can remember. He hasn’t had lunch for years, and hasn’t even been out of the house for three years, he said. In 2019, the disabled former retail worker said he was left entirely on his own, with just a sandwich and two glassesContinue reading “Our Broken Care System Left A Disabled Man With A Sandwich And Two Drinks For 60 Hours”
