The rural population is ageing more rapidly than in the rest of the UK Cuts to bus services and the high cost of heating present problems for many older people who live in the English countryside, a new study has found.
A lack of shops, access to health and social care and difficulties getting broadband also create obstacles, the report by charity Age UK said.
Age UK has called on the government and local authorities to ensure older people have access to services.
Rural communities in the UK
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