FAQs
Answers to some important questions about how Bliss helps organisations and individuals in life following retirement.
Retirement Facts
Now more than ever, as we live so much longer, we need to consider how we spend this time, take a look at these retirement facts
Men
have a 1 in 4 chance
of reaching 94 years of age *
Women
have a 1 in 4 chance
of reaching 96 years of age *
Depression
risk increases by 40% on retirement *
1.2 Million
people aged over 65 were working in 2017 /2018 *
The Queen
sent 7,517 birthday cards to centenarians in 2014 *
Half
of employment growth in the UK will be for the over 65’s in the next 20 years *
Dementia
Later retirement decreases dementia risk by 3.2% *
* Stats source – LCP Financial Wellbeing Report 2021