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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

Boom in elderly in rural areas ‘increasing pressure on social care services’

PA Wire

A boom in older people living in rural parts of England could see the quality of social care and access to services decline without extra funding from the Government, a new report warns.

The number of over-65s living in county and rural areas has increased by a million over the past decade, according to analysis by the County Council Network (CCN).

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