Such deaths have been rising steadily in England and Wales since 1980 and are a product of wider societal breakdown, although Covid may also have played a part, according to new research.
Men are more than twice as likely as women to be discovered in a decomposed state, according to the doctors' study, which is published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Being found decomposed after days, weeks, months or even years might indicate a high level of neglect, but this is speculative without further investigation.
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