text: Study shows 600,000 pensioners are prisoners in own homes - Telegraph
  Pensioners feel like a 'second class citizens', poll shows
  Michelle Mitchell, Age UK's director general said: "It's a sad reflection of our society that so many older people find themselves increasingly isolated at home and can't get to their local GP, post office or even corner shop easily.
  "These are vital lifelines providing social contact as well as essential services particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable.
  "With a growing older population, we need to make sure that those in later life are brought into the hearts of our communities, not left on the periphery with little social contact across the generations.
  "With cuts in bus routes as a result of a reduction in local authority subsidies and the recent post office closures, the situation can only get worse .
  "We urge the Government to find new ways to ease the impact of cuts and closures on the people who need them most."