Burgled elderly often die within two years of event
The research was carried out on 109 elderly people who lived in a sheltered community in Flintshire, North Wales.
Of the 56 people who had been burgled, 11 had died 30 months after the incident and a further nine had gone into residential care. This was almost twice as high as the remaining 53 people who had not been burgled. Six of this group died in the same period and two went into care.
