[HIGHLIGHTS] Suicide in the elderly, the great forgotten: "The family is in trouble, loneliness spreads and they are more vulnerable"

Loneliness, chronic illness, depression and fatigue of living produce an explosive cocktail that, sometimes, ends in suicide. The oldest people in our country are the group that commits suicide the most in Spain.

In 2021, "999 suicides were registered in people over 70 years of age, one in four", of which "519 were over 80 years old" The percentage of people living alone has increased worryingly in the last 30 years. There is a very significant difference in the relationship between suicide and attempts.