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| Grandparents should be taken on family holidays, says minister | Grandparents should be taken on family holidays, says minister |
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| Grandparents should be taken on family holidays, the minister responsible for tackling loneliness has said. | Grandparents should be taken on family holidays, the minister responsible for tackling loneliness has said. |
| Mims Davies said British people could learn from how Mediterranean nations involve grandparents in their lives. | Mims Davies said British people could learn from how Mediterranean nations involve grandparents in their lives. |
| The new sport and civil society minister told the Sunday Telegraph that communities had a "moral duty" to stop the elderly feeling abandoned. | The new sport and civil society minister told the Sunday Telegraph that communities had a "moral duty" to stop the elderly feeling abandoned. |
| A 2017 report said loneliness was as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. | A 2017 report said loneliness was as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. |
| Ms Davies, who was appointed following the resignation of Tracey Crouch in November, said: "Very often you will be out on holiday - a few of you in a small British family - and you will find this huge, wonderful plethora of people on the beach. | Ms Davies, who was appointed following the resignation of Tracey Crouch in November, said: "Very often you will be out on holiday - a few of you in a small British family - and you will find this huge, wonderful plethora of people on the beach. |
| "And you will think, 'God, doesn't that look fun?' | "And you will think, 'God, doesn't that look fun?' |
| "We are just a little bit blinkered. We have decided that we should box ourselves in a bit. | "We are just a little bit blinkered. We have decided that we should box ourselves in a bit. |
| "I think when we are a little bit more bold about how we do things, we find so much more joy in it." | "I think when we are a little bit more bold about how we do things, we find so much more joy in it." |
| Ms Davies, a former carer, said that being present for the final part of her parents' lives was something she would "never regret". | Ms Davies, a former carer, said that being present for the final part of her parents' lives was something she would "never regret". |
| She added: "We are in a weird place when we are very willing to drag our children around into our lives and enjoy our lives with them together - but being that sort of extended family is seen as being a bit more difficult." | She added: "We are in a weird place when we are very willing to drag our children around into our lives and enjoy our lives with them together - but being that sort of extended family is seen as being a bit more difficult." |
| Ms Davies wants employers to give staff more time off to look after lonely relatives - in a similar way to how reservists get time away to serve with the Armed Forces. | Ms Davies wants employers to give staff more time off to look after lonely relatives - in a similar way to how reservists get time away to serve with the Armed Forces. |
| She said people should be able to "have an honest and open conversation with your employer about what is your work-life balance". | She said people should be able to "have an honest and open conversation with your employer about what is your work-life balance". |
| The Commission on Loneliness was set up by the murdered MP Jo Cox and the government launched its first loneliness strategy in October. | The Commission on Loneliness was set up by the murdered MP Jo Cox and the government launched its first loneliness strategy in October. |
| How to help lonely elderly people | How to help lonely elderly people |
| Source: NHS | Source: NHS |