'We all have a role to play': Calls for system to curb urban isolation of the elderly

More must be done to flag urban isolation after a third inquest in a week heard how an elderly person lay dead in their home for months before their body was discovered.

'We all have a role to play': Calls for system to curb urban isolation of the elderly

More must be done to flag urban isolation after a third inquest in a week heard how an elderly person lay dead in their home for months before their body was discovered.

Calls have also been made for the Department of Social Protection to introduce an early warning system in its pensions’ section to identify those who have missed several payments.

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