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  2. Despite concern about older adults living alone, these ...

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    According to the Pew Research Center, 27% of U.S. adults age 60 and over live alone, compared with 16% of their peers in the 130 countries and territories studied.Despite pushback from their adult ...

  3. Kodokushi - Wikipedia

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    Kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely death is a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. [1] First described in the 1980s, [1] kodokushi has become an increasing problem in Japan, attributed to economic troubles and Japan's increasingly elderly population.

  4. The PINE Study - Wikipedia

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    The average age of participants was 73 years old with 59% of women. 58% of the elderly are married while 22% of them live alone. [15] Despite elderly in this sample population lived in the US on average for 21 years, 76% of them still exclusively read or speak Chinese, 91% of them socialize with only Chinese people, and 89% have only Chinese ...

  5. Aging in place - Wikipedia

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    The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model was created in the early 1970s in order to meet the chronic care needs of older people through their community. As an assistance program, one must be at least 55 years of age, certified by their state to need nursing home care, are able to live safely in the community at the time of ...

  6. Old age - Wikipedia

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    An elderly Bangladeshi man with a walking stick A walker in the apartment of a senior woman. In the United States in 2008, 11 million people aged 65+ lived alone: 5 million or 22% of ages 65–74, 4 million or 34% of ages 75–84, and 2 million or 41% of ages 85+. The 2007 gender breakdown for all people 65+ was men 19% and women 39%. [174]

  7. Elderly people in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The number of elderly living in Japan's retirement or nursing homes also increased from around 75,000 in 1970 to more than 216,000 in 1987. But still, this group was a small portion of the total elderly population. People living alone or only with spouses constituted 32% of the 65-and-over group.

  8. Aging of South Korea - Wikipedia

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    Those elderly who lived alone reported higher levels of poverty and thoughts of suicide (Roh & Weon, 2022). The impact that living arrangements have on the elderly were measured by an individual’s overall thoughts and impressions on their health conditions, living conditions, social network, and their overall environment (Roh & Weon, 2022).

  9. 20 useful and innovative gadgets to make life easier for ...

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    20 useful and innovative gadgets to make life easier for seniors who live alone Getting older: It's one of the few sure things in life that's guaranteed to happen to all of us.